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10 January, 19:28

Uranium-235 has a half-life of 713 million years, while carbon-14 has a half-life of about 5,730 years. Which isotope would be more useful for dating a fossil from Precambrian time?

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  1. 10 January, 20:01
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    Uranium-235 is more useful.
  2. 10 January, 21:40
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    Uranium - 235. It has a longer half - life, which means that it can be used to trace events/items further back in history than carbon - 14 can.
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