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minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoYou need it to be propery aged for carbon dating and shit.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoHow old does carbon need to be before you can legally date it? Asking for a friend.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 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.
You need it to be propery aged for carbon dating and shit.
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.