Libby vs Cambridge half-lifeCarbon dating was developed by a team led by [Willard Libby]?. Originally a carbon-14 half-life of 5568+-30 years was used, which is now known as the Libby half-life. Latter a more accurate figure of 5730+-40 years was measured, which is known as the Cambridge half-life. However laboratories continue to use the Libby figure to avoid confusion. An uncallibrated dating using the Libby figure could be improved by multiplying by the ratio of these numbers (approximately 1.03), but this is usually unnecessary since the adjustment is included in modern calibration curves. |
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Carbon dating was used to determine the age of the material in the [Turin shroud]?, and found an age approximating to the Middle Ages, around the time of the first known accounts of the shroud. making it around a thousand years newer than its supposed origin. However, some proponents of the shroud, ignoring Occam's razor have advanced the theory that the Resurrection caused the release of a large number of neutrons, that generated excess 14C in the cloth. |
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Carbon dating was used to determine the age of the material in the [Turin shroud]?, and found an age approximating to the Middle Ages, around the time of the first known accounts of the shroud. making it around a thousand years newer than its supposed origin. However, some proponents of the shroud, ignoring Occam's razor have advanced the theory that the Resurrection caused the release of a large number of neutrons, that generated excess 14C in the cloth. |
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