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Course: High school chemistry?>?Unit 9
Lesson 2: Half-life and radiometric datingUnderstand: half-life and radiometric dating
Problem
Because meteorites were not formed on earth, the age of a meteorite offers clues about when our solar system was formed. The oldest meteorites are over billion years old!
One method used to determine the age of meteorites uses the radioisotope rubidium- .
What property about makes it useful for radiometric dating?
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