Radiometric dating

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the nuclear-chemistry subtree

Age determination of a sample from the ratio of a radioactive parent isotope to its stable daughter, using the decay law N(t) = N₀ e^{-λt}. For a closed system with known initial ratio, t = (1/λ) ln(1 + D/P), where D is the daughter…

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