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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 hours agoHow old does carbon need to be before you can legally date it? Asking for a friend.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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-up2·1 hour agoHow do you know how old all of my carbon is? I mean, my friend’s carbon?
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?