Ketzbook explains how nuclear reactions have a first-order decay and the speed of decay only depends on the amount of material and the radioisotope. This makes disposal of nuclear waste problematic. It also makes old materials with radioactive isotopes capable of being dated. Ketzbook goes through two practice problems to show you how to solve a radiometric dating problem.
I oversimplified the Potassium-40 example that I talked about. In reality, Potassium-40 can undergo both beta decay and electron capture. I only looked at the electron capture aspect in order to simplify the situation, but the general principle of radiometric dating is the same.
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