其半衰期约为5,730年,这让其十分适合测量与人类历史有关事物的年代,其测量误差不超过其真实年代前后几十年。
It is not, though, much use for finding out whether a particular piece of ivory wasdetached from the elephant that grew it before or after a specific date just over 20 yearsago.
但碳定年法在测量象牙年代,看其生长的时期是在20年前的之前还是之后,则并无甚用武之地。
But Dr Uno realised there has recently been a second source of 14Cthose bomb tests. Andthey give him the precision he requires.
但是Uno博士意识到最近碳-14还有另一个来源那些核爆试验,而这些试验给了他他所想要的精度。
Normally, the amount of 14C in the atmosphere is governed by the rate at which cosmicradiation creates it and the rate at which things like photosynthesis absorb it.
通常来说,大气中碳-14的数量取决于宇宙射线产生碳-14的速率和像光合作用一类的反应吸收碳-14的速率。
Between 1952 and 1962, however, when bomb tests above ground were commonplace, theamount of 14C in the air shot up until it was nearly double the normal level.
但是,在1952至1962年间,地面上的核爆试验十分普遍,因此空气中的碳-14数量骤升,达到了近正常值的两倍。
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