Sentences with phrase «different decay rates»

«We developed three independent age - dating techniques that are based on the different decay rates of radium, thorium and lead isotopes.

Not exact matches

If cosmic rays affected decay rates, the power generated would be different from expectations.

As Dr. Weston A. Price (a dentist) found and detailed in Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, there were cultures throughout the world who had perfect teeth despite no access to dentists or modern toothpaste, while similar cultures with different diets had very high rates of tooth decay.

Just like how miles are worth a different amount to each of us; Your rate of Decay and my rate of decay are very diffeDecay and my rate of decay are very diffedecay are very different.

I doubt that anyone can do this and conclude that CO2 decay rates can be characterized by a single half life, since this is incompatible with the physics underlying the multiple equilibrations that occur at different rates.

Although the absolute rates will always be different, the time constant of the decay will be (almost) the same.

The IPCC uses several time constants: the constant for the exchange rate of ~ 8 years, and several time constants for the decay rates in different compartiments, ranging from less than a year (ocean surface) to decades (deep oceans) to centuries and millennia (rock weathering, sedimentation).

There may certainly be an argument to be made that the archaeologists priors are unlikely to be be objectively generated, and they ought to instead start with an objective prior and that apply Bayesian updating to incorporate their evidence for decay / destruction rates of different materials in different environments, historical and physical context, contamination rates, and so on.

Not only do arkies use C14 (they are not the only ones who do, of course), but the C14 rate of decay was found long ago to not be quite linear, so there has been much work put into identifying the causes that might affect it and nailing down the variations for different periods in the past.

I have seen the mental service decay due the fact the aboriginal who studied and gained their mental health diploma have not returned to to their country but have been headhunted by other health services, this is a constant with our people gaining certification (different type of stolen generation) also aboriginal health service (AMS) are paying below wage for the workers who do not the right certifications so the minimum rate is applied.