To: decimon
I hate to rain on the parade but all of the elements were created at the exact same time. They have been forming compounds and breaking up ever since. Everything on Earth is the same initial age. If not... where did the new elements come from (other than the fake and unstable ones created in accelerators)...
3 posted on
02/19/2011 5:21:24 PM PST by
April Lexington
(Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: April Lexington
Nevertheless...I’ll have a splash of it with my 12 year old scotch, thank you very much...
5 posted on
02/19/2011 5:23:54 PM PST by
AndrewB
(FUBO)
To: April Lexington
Given long enough time many isotopes of rather common elements will decay into OTHER STUFF. Then there's stuff like RADIOACTIVE TUNGSTEN ~ it will decay right under your nose and stick alpha particles in your gizzard (and you thought lightbulbs weren't dangerous eh).
Well, anyway, given enough time you get to find out what's stable and what's not stable ~ jus' the way it is. New stuff allatime!
21 posted on
02/19/2011 6:35:08 PM PST by
muawiyah
To: April Lexington
I hate to rain on the parade but ... Everything on Earth is the same initial age. Irrelevant! Are you on Earth? Are you 4.2 billion years old?
Here are some folks posing with 420,000 year old ice cores they drilled out of the 12,000-foot thick Antarctic ice cap.
Why would you freeze your ass off digging up ancient ice? Because it contains tiny bubbles of air, preserved as they were the day they were trapped. That air has been separated from the rest of Earth's air since it was trapped (how long ago depends on how far down). It's interesting to pass it through a mass spectrometer and compare the results to today's randomly mixed air. There is no other way to get such information.
28 posted on
02/19/2011 10:24:10 PM PST by
cynwoody
To: April Lexington
Please clarify your statement, “...all of the elements were created at the exact same time. They have been forming compounds and breaking up ever since.”
You are assuming all compounds, in water and atmosphere, have remained the same over time.
29 posted on
02/19/2011 10:50:50 PM PST by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
To: April Lexington
I hate to rain on the parade but all of the elements were created at the exact same time. They have been forming compounds and breaking up ever since. Everything on Earth is the same initial age. If not... where did the new elements come from (other than the fake and unstable ones created in accelerators)...
I hate to rain on your parade, but water's not an element.
57 posted on
02/21/2011 5:20:20 AM PST by
aruanan
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