Re: Variable decay rates

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 08:29:32 -0500

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At 01:19 AM 8/22/98 EDT, David Bowman wrote:
>AFAIK the reaction: 40K --> 40Ar proceeds *via* electron capture, and this
>reaction *is* relevant to the K/Ar dating method. I do not know of any
>other radiometric dating methods where electron capture plays a role
>though.

Yeah, I thought about that after I sent my note. I stand corrected about
K-Ar.
glenn

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