Radiocarbon Dating Terminology

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noun a device used in radiocarbon dating to measure the amount of carbon-14 in a sample

  • The accelerator mass spectrometer is a powerful tool used in radiocarbon dating.
  • They used the accelerator mass spectrometer to figure out how old the artifact was.
  • The scientists zapped the sample with the accelerator mass spectrometer to date it.
  • The accelerator mass spectrometer acted like a time machine, revealing the age of the ancient artifact.