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Radiocarbon is produced primarily by cosmic radiation from nitrogen with the nuclear reaction [1–4]: 14N(n,p)14C and decays by β−-emission (Emax=158 keV) with a half-life of 5730±40 a [5]. The 14C that is formed in the upper atmosphere will be oxidized to 14CO2. The production rate is between 1.7 and 2.5 atoms/cm2/s [6]. After mixing with atmospheric CO2 (0.03 vol.%), it becomes part of the carbon cycle in the biosphere.
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Hertelendi, E. (1998). Radiometric Methods for Dating Groundwater. In: Vértes, A., Nagy, S., Süvegh, K. (eds) Nuclear Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5363-2_9
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