Dinosaurs carbon dating

Dating > Dinosaurs carbon dating

A radioisotope will decay at a fixed rate as a value known as its half-life. In this case, the parent isotope will eventually decay and form a daughter isotope. It does this by losing nuclear particles over time. Radioisotopes are unstable but they eventually decay into a stable isotope. By observing the ratio of isotopes in a fossil, the number of half-lives can be calculated and thus the approximate age of the fossil determined. A radioisotope will decay at a fixed rate as a value known as its half-life. In this case, the parent isotope will eventually decay and form a daughter isotope. It does this by losing nuclear particles over time. Radioisotopes are unstable but they eventually decay into a stable isotope.

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