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Radioactive dating

Arabic translation: تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي


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English term or phrase:Radioactive dating
Arabic translation:تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي
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11:23 Dec 16, 2005
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Science - Physics
English term or phrase: Radioactive dating
Has to do with the following :Physical measurements, Time measurements, and Geochronometry.
I am not quite sure, is it تحديد زمن or تاريخ?
And how is that relevant to Radioactive which means إشعاعي النشاط or إشعاعي الفاعلية ?

Much obliged everyone :)
Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 00:05
تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي
Explanation:
A technique for estimating the age of material, such as rock, based on the known initial isotopic composition and the known rate of radioactive decay for unstable isotopes originally present.

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Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 23:05
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Thank you :)
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4قياس عمر المواد باستخدام الأثر الإشعاعى
Eman Riesh
1 +2تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي
Shazly


  

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تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي


Explanation:
A technique for estimating the age of material, such as rock, based on the known initial isotopic composition and the known rate of radioactive decay for unstable isotopes originally present.



Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 23:05
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Grading comment
Thank you :)

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agree  Sami Khamou
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agree  Saleh Ayyub
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radioactive dating
قياس عمر المواد باستخدام الأثر الإشعاعى


Explanation:
determining age using radioactive decay rates: a method of determining the age of objects or material using the decay rates of radioactive components such as potassium-argon



    Reference: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861739711/radiometric_dat...
Eman Riesh
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Asker: Thank you :)

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