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The 15 pages that link to Carbon-14, each with the reason it gives.

• Radiocarbon datingBroader topic: Its decay after an organism dies provides the clock radiocarbon dating measures.

• IsotopeBroader topic: Its decay underpins a widely used method for dating once-living material.

• Nuclear stabilityBroader topic: Its neutron-rich composition makes it unstable while allowing a measurable decay timescale.

• Calvin cycleRelated: Carbon-14 labeling exposed the order in which carbon entered cycle intermediates.

• CarbonBroader topic: Its decay makes carbon useful for dating once-living materials.

• Solar cycleRelated: Tree-ring carbon-14 records help reconstruct solar activity before telescopic observations.

• Mass numberBroader topic: Its mass number gives the total nucleons used in radiocarbon dating.

• IsobarBroader topic: It beta-decays into nitrogen-14, an isobar.

• Charles David KeelingRelated: Isotope measurements helped distinguish fossil-fuel carbon from other sources in the atmosphere.

• Radiocarbon calibrationBroader topic: Its decay provides the clock behind the measurement being calibrated.

• Cosmogenic nuclideBroader topic: Its atmospheric production supplies the isotope used in radiocarbon dating.

• Rubidium-87Compared with: Its short half-life suits recent archaeological samples, not the ancient rocks dated with rubidium-87.

• Carbon isotopesBroader topic: Its beta decay is the defining nuclear change among common carbon isotopes.

• Melvin CalvinRelated: Calvin’s group followed carbon-14 through algal cells to identify pathway intermediates.

• Willard LibbyBroader topic: Libby’s dating method depends on measuring this isotope in once-living material.