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ELI 5 Carbon dating? And how we just found remnants of Theia from 4.5 billion years ago? How is that even calculable? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

The time it takes for half of the carbon to break apart, or decay as we call it, is called half-time

You mean half-life, right?

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