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Potassium-40 (40 K) is a radioactive isotope of potassium which has a long half-life of 1.25 billion years. It makes up about 0.012% (120 ppm ) of the total amount of potassium found in nature. Potassium-40 undergoes three types of radioactive decay .
19 K) has 25 known isotopes from 34 K to 57 K as well as 31 K, as well as an unconfirmed report of 59 K. [3] Three of those isotopes occur naturally: the two stable forms 39 K (93.3%) and 41 K (6.7%), and a very long-lived radioisotope 40 K (0.012%) Naturally occurring radioactive 40 K decays with a half-life of 1.248×10 9 years. 89% of those ...
The 40 K / 39 K ratio in nature is constant so the 40 K is rarely measured directly, but is assumed to be 0.0117% of the total potassium. Unless some other process is active at the time of cooling, this is a very good assumption for terrestrial samples. [5] The radiogenic argon measured in a sample was produced by in situ decay of 40 K
Archaeological materials, such as bone, organic residues, hair, or sea shells, can serve as substrates for isotopic analysis. Carbon, nitrogen and zinc isotope ratios are used to investigate the diets of past people; these isotopic systems can be used with others, such as strontium or oxygen, to answer questions about population movements and cultural interactions, such as trade.
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40 K is the radioisotope with the largest abundance in the human body. In healthy animals and people, 40 K represents the largest source of radioactivity, greater even than 14 C. In a human body of 70 kg, about 4,400 nuclei of 40 K decay per second. [33] The activity of natural potassium is 31 Bq/g. [34]
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