Carbon dating and the two-stage decay chain

Estimate the age of a fossil from the C-14 fraction, and see transient and secular equilibrium in a parent-daughter chain.

About this experiment

What you do in the lab

Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.

Topics: carbon dating · half-life · decay chain · equilibrium

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