Title: radioactive dating
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - radioactive dating
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.R05082
Status: current

Definition
The determination of the radioactive age of an object from its content of radioactive substances and of their daughter products.

Related Terms
- daughter products: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/D01525
- radioactive: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/R05077
- radioactive age: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/R05078

Source
- PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1539 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/R05082/xml

Citation: Citation: 'radioactive dating' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.R05082
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