Carbon-14 dating of ancient objects is particularly effective because C-14
A) has the shortest half-life.
B) is continuously produced in the upper atmosphere and its ratio to C-12 in living systems and the environment is constant.
C) is a stable isotope and is therefore particularly easy to work with.
D) decays by a simple fission reaction.
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