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24-Sep-2020 20:24
A half-life is the time it takes for half of the atoms in an isotope to decay. Two half lives is 11,460 years and three half lives is 17,190 years.Given enough half lives, there eventually isn't enough carbon that remains.Within 5 minutes you will be matched with people who share compatibility with you.Go ahead, send them a message; the scientific research shows that you're more likely to find chemistry and personality compatibility with these people!
He observed rocks and noticed that changes happen in them very, very slowly.
Using carbon to date rocks is called radiocarbon dating and is only good up to about 50,000 years, because eventually there isn't enough carbon left to use.
By measuring the amounts of parent and daughter materials in a rock and by understanding the half-life of the parent we can calculate the age of rocks.
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Geologists need to use the right isotopes to determine ages, because for example fossils 1 billion years old don't have carbon left so we have to use another isotope like uranium-238 which has a half life of 4.5 billion years.
