What is radioactive dating? and how does it work?
Radioactive, or Radiometric dating is a technique used to determine the age of objects such as rocks or carbon by using the decay rate of radioactive isotopes. It has been used since its invention by Ernest Rutherford in 1905. Radioactive decay itself, is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation. Each radioisotope decays at its own fixed rate and this is measured in half lives. As discussed in Lesson 6, this is the time it takes for half of a parent element (e.g. uranium) to decay into a daughter element (e.g. lead) [1].
A common method of radioactive dating is ‘uranium-lead dating’. Which looks at the amounts of Uranium and determine how much has decayed …show more content…
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Radioactive, or Radiometric dating is a technique used to determine the age of objects such as rocks or carbon by using the decay rate of radioactive isotopes. It has been used since its invention by Ernest Rutherford in 1905. Radioactive decay itself, is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation. Each radioisotope decays at its own fixed rate and this is measured in half lives. As discussed in Lesson 6, this is the time it takes for half of a parent element (e.g. uranium) to decay into a daughter element (e.g. lead) [1].
A common method of radioactive dating is ‘uranium-lead dating’. Which looks at the amounts of Uranium and determine how much has decayed …show more content…
(2018). How Will the Hubble Space Telescope Die?. [online] Available at: https://www.space.com/29206-how-will-hubble-space-telescope-die.html [Accessed 20 May 2018].
[5] Hubblesite.org. (2018). HubbleSite - The Telescope - Team Hubble. [online] Available at: http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/ [Accessed 20 May 2018].
[6] Hubblesite.org. (2018). HubbleSite - The Telescope - Hubble Essentials - Quick Facts. [online] Available at: http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/quick_facts.php [Accessed 20 May 2018].
[7] Space.com. (2018). Truth Behind the Photos: What the Hubble Space Telescope Really Sees. [online] Available at: https://www.space.com/8059-truth-photos-hubble-space-telescope-sees.html [Accessed 20 May 2018].
[8] Spacetelescope.org. (2018). FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. [online] Available at: https://www.spacetelescope.org/about/faq/ [Accessed 20 May 2018].
[9] White, R. (2018). High-performance compression of astronomical images. [online] Ntrs.nasa.gov. Available at: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930016742 [Accessed 20 May 2018].
[10] Spaceplace.nasa.gov. (2018). Honey, I shrunk the data! :: NASA Space Place. [online] Available at: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/data-compression/en/ [Accessed 20 May