A Determination of the Half-Life of Carbon 14
- 1 October 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 76 (7), 885-889
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.76.885
Abstract
Experiments are described involving the counting of an analyzed and diluted sample of carbon dioxide containing in a Geiger counter of known effective volume. The value of the half-life is found to be 5589±75 years.
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