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Depending on the estimated age of the fossil, a specific isotope can be traced and measured. When a scientist knows the existing amount of the radioactive isotope, the half-life is used in the form of exponential functions to determine the amount of time the fossil must have existed outside of the body in order to lose the amount of material that has been lost over time. This can be done because scientists normally know how much of the isotope should exist in the fossil when it was first created
Answerelements with a nonstable isotope or at least one naturally occurring isotope that is radioactive. AnswerAll elements have radioactive isotopes.There are a lot of radioactive elements: Technetium, Promethium, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium...Here is the whole list: http://periodictable.com/Elements/Radioactive
The atomic number of nitrogen is 7. When it is a radioactive isotope you add the number of neutrons to the atomic number (equaling 15). You then write 15 over 7 next to a capital 'N' representing Nitrogen.
Mono isotopic elements are stable isotope of an element.From 80 isotopic elements there are 26 radioactive elements discovered up till now.These mono isotopic may or may not be radioactive if they are radioactive they have halve lives.
The rate of decay (activity) of a radioactive isotope is proportional to the number of atoms of the isotope present.
The rate of decay (activity) of a radioactive isotope is proportional to the number of atoms of the isotope present.
In radiometric dating, the amount of a certain radioactive isotope in an object is compared with a reference amount. This ratio can then be used to calculate how long this isotope has been decaying in the object since its formation. For example, if you find that the amount of radioactive isotope left is one half of the reference amount, then the amount of time since the formation of the object would be equal to that radioactive isotope's half-life.
When an isotope is unstable, it is said to be radioactive.
Yes because they look at the ammount of radioactive decay and they can determine the age of the granite. As the radioactive isotope decreases the non radioactive element increases. The less radioactive decay ammount there is the older it is.
simply, it measure the activity of a radioactive isotope in Ci "curie" or in Bq "Becquerel"
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
Radioactive isotopes are used for radioactive dating. For example, you would use radioactive isotope Carbon-14 to date anything under 70,000 years that was once living. Radioactive isotopes decay from their parent isotope to daughter isotope at a constant rate (under any circumstances). The rate at which a parent isotope decays to its daughter isotope is considered one half life. Carbon-14 has a half life of 5730 years and its daughter isotope is Nitrogen-14. In order to determine how old something is you have to find out how much of the parent isotope is present in relation to the daughter.
when an isotope is it does not undergo radioactive decay
Do you mean carbon dating? Carbon dating is a process that scientists use to try to ascertain the age of an item by analyzing the amount of a radioactive carbon isotope that is present in the item. Generally this is used to date biological items. Like, really old trees and stuff. The percent of the radioactive isotope in the specimen is accumulated to normal levels as the thing was alive, after it is dead it stops absorbing new carbon and thus by measuring the ratio of isotopes that are decaying we can determine the age of the item. (using the half-life of the radioactive isotope)
The half life of an isotope refers to the rate at which a radioactive isotope undergoes radioactive decay. Specifically, it is the amount of time it takes for half of a given sample of a radioactive isotope to decay.