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Why is carbon-14 dating not useful in determining the age of a metal artifact?

April 26, 2017age Artifact carbon-14 dating determining metal useful

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Why is carbon-14 dating not useful in determining the age of a metal artifact?

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. This can be done because carbon can be incorporated from the fuel used in the smelting process. However this can only be done in a few cases and arguably the error margins would be such as to make the process not particularly useful.