Describe the potassium argon method of dating fossils

      

Describe the potassium argon method of dating fossils

  

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ELVIS
It is based on the fact that some of the radioactive isotope of Potassium, Potassium-40 (K-40) ,decays to the gas Argon as Argon-40 (Ar-40). By comparing the proportion of K-40 to Ar-40 in a sample of volcanic rock, and knowing the decay rate of K-40, the date that the rock formed can be determined.
ELVIS123 answered the question on November 12, 2017 at 05:34


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