Chemist no. 73 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry
Willard Libby
1908-1980United StatesNobel Chemistry 1960
Radiocarbon dating
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Willard Libby and Radiocarbon Dating: The Atomic Clock Inside Every Living Thing
How Willard Libby invented radiocarbon dating using carbon-14, with the decay equation, half-life, worked example and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.
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Willard Libby: From a Colorado Farm to the Nobel Prize for Radiocarbon Dating
Biography of Willard Libby (1908-1980): Colorado farm childhood, Berkeley training, Manhattan Project, radiocarbon dating, Nobel Prize 1960 and legacy.
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