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To study the age of excavated material of archaeological significance we study the rate of decay of an isotope of : (a) Uranium (b) Cobalt (c) Carbon (d) Chlorine
Topic: Nuclear physics / radioactivity
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(c) Carbon.
Explanation
Carbon-14 decay is used in radiocarbon dating.
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