pMC units for C14 dating

["Kaihola, Lauri" <Lauri.Kaihola@wallac.fi>]

pMC is 'percent modern carbon' calculated against a reference sample of
natural C-14 activity from year 1950.

You find this and lots of other useful information on radiocarbon dating on
http://c14.sci.waikato.ac.nz/,   go to Radiocarbon WEB-Info, then Age
calculation and look for pMC.


Lauri Kaihola
Product Line Manager            E-mail:LAURI.KAIHOLA@perkinelmer.com
Wallac Oy                            Home page:http://www.wallac.com
PO Box 10                           tel  : +358 2 2678 111
FIN-20101 Turku	                   Fax: +358 2 2678 357
FINLAND



> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:58:41 -0800
> From: Dean.Steve@epamail.epa.gov
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: pMC units for C14 dating
> Message-ID: <85256872.007E4040.00@EPAHUB2.RTP.EPA.GOV>
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone define the units of measure pMC used in carbon-14 dating?
> 
> Thank you,
> Steve Dean
> dean.steve@epa.gov
> 
> 
> 
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