radioactivity

So I have a question about how radiometric dating is actually performed. I understand the basic theory and mathematics behind the general method, but I error more interested in how the the laboratory process of radiometric dating "introduces" error into the dating system. For instance, are the...

How many becquerels in a milli-curie?

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2003/216/2 (ScienceNow - subscription only) Deep underground, uranium atoms in rocks undergo radioactive decay, sending off alpha particles--two protons and two neutrons--that can bump into other molecules and change them. Scientists wondered...