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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoHow old does carbon need to be before you can legally date it? Asking for a friend.
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAt least 18 Billion Years.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 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-up4·2 days 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.
At least 18 Billion Years.
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?