answersLogoWhite

0

nope! the machine reading the radioactive element number may break down and the calculated half life of the rock may be incorrect

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is the process of abdsolut dating?

Absolute dating relies on radioactive decay of elements in a rock. When an igneous rock is formed it may contain elements that are a mixture.


What elements are used in radioactive dating?

don't know


What types of elements are useful for dating materials?

Radioactive elements such as carbon-14, uranium, and potassium-argon are commonly used for dating materials. The decay rates of these elements provide a way to estimate the age of the material based on the amount of the element remaining. Other methods, such as dendrochronology and thermoluminescence, can also be used for dating certain materials.


What are the natural process on which radioactive dating is based?

Radioactive dating is based on the natural process of radioactive decay, whereby unstable isotopes of elements decay into more stable isotopes over time. By measuring the amount of parent and daughter isotopes in a sample, scientists can determine the age of the material. This method is commonly used in geology and archaeology to date rocks and artifacts.


What radioactive element is not commonly used in dating archaeological artefacts?

The most often used radioactive elements used in radiometric dating are carbon, potassium-argon and uranium-lead.Other elements are not, or very rarely used.


The process that uses a half-life in the computation is?

radioactive dating


Is a geological dating method based on the decay rates of radioactive elements?

Radio metric dating.


The process that uses a half life in its computation is?

D. radioactive dating


The process that uses a half-life in its computation is?

Its actually radioactive dating.


Determining the dates of old objects by using radioactive elements is called dating?

radiometric


How are stratigraphic and radioactive dating different in regards to how they date fossils?

Radioactive dating refers to the process of measuring the age of an object using the amount of a given radioactive material it contains. Relative dating, meanwhile, measures the order of past events, without determining their absolute age.


Are all the radioactive elements found in the last group of the Periodic Table?

No, many other elements are radioactive or have radioactive isotopes. Examples of this are carbon 14, which is used in carbon dating, Radon, Krypton, Hydrogen, Iodine, and many others.