Which isotope of carbon is used to determine the age of fossil fuels?

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Carbon dating is a process in which age of a substance is determined due to the presence of organic matter in it.. The carbon that is used for carbon dating is Carbon-14 (14C). This process measures residual radioactivity. When someone dies, their Carbon-14 contents decreases at a rate which is determined by radioactive decay.

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