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Q. What is the half life of Carbon-14 isotope which is radio active in nature?
Answer: 5730 years
Notes: Carbon-14 (C-14) isotope which is radio active in nature is used in Carbon Dating to determine the age of plants and fossils. It has a half-life (decays to half the strength) of 5,730 years.
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