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To: Coyoteman
There was an earlier post that questioned the accuracy of our half-life dating system. It was cooled to near absolute zero and likely false but should be considered. no link. my apologies.
5 posted on 08/08/2006 8:41:00 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: kinoxi
There was an earlier post that questioned the accuracy of our half-life dating system. It was cooled to near absolute zero and likely false but should be considered. no link. my apologies.

Stable isotopes (C13, N15), as discussed in the article, are entirely different from radioactive isotopes (C14, etc.).

The study that used extreme cooling dealt with alpha decay, not beta or gamma decay. Also, cooling of that magnitude is not likely to occur naturally on earth.

Given this, I don't think this study has any implications for radiometric dating.

10 posted on 08/08/2006 8:50:13 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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