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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·22 days agoHow old does carbon need to be before you can legally date it? Asking for a friend.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoAtoms don’t age. They don’t mature, and they don’t change with time. Unstable isotopes decay at random, but the decay probability never changes. So you can legally date carbon that’s 0 years old, if you find any. Most carbon will be much older than you.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoHow do you know how old all of my carbon is? I mean, my friend’s carbon?
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoAt least 18 Billion Years.
How old does carbon need to be before you can legally date it?
Asking for a friend.
Atoms don’t age. They don’t mature, and they don’t change with time. Unstable isotopes decay at random, but the decay probability never changes.
So you can legally date carbon that’s 0 years old, if you find any. Most carbon will be much older than you.
How do you know how old all of my carbon is?
I mean, my friend’s carbon?
At least 18 Billion Years.