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a parent isotope has a half-life of 500,000 years. if a rock contained 10mg of the parent isotope when it formed, how much parent isotope would be left after 1.5 million years?

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Chapter7: Other Worlds: An Introduction To The Solar System

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Problem 36E: A radioactive nucleus has a half-life of 5108 years. Assuming that a sample of rock (say, in an...

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