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Radioactive Proof of the Earth’s Age

Posted on March 20, 2021 by jagobillot

Radioactivity of elements starts with an unstable elemental isotope. An unstable atom on radioactive elements carries too many protons or neutrons, and eventually, it must expel energy from the atom, and become an entirely new stable element through the process of beta decay. This process, for every unstable atom, is completely spontaneous and there isContinue reading “Radioactive Proof of the Earth’s Age” Continue reading →

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Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know: Bismuth Edition

Posted on March 17, 2014 by claremcdaniel

Bismuth, a very neat looking little element, is one of those things in life that went largely unrecognized for a long time, until the world wised up and started to take notice. I like that, because it means bismuth was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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