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Argon–argon (or 40 Ar/ 39 Ar) dating is a radiometric dating method invented to supersede potassium–argon (K/Ar) dating in accuracy. The older method required splitting samples into two for separate potassium and argon measurements, while the newer method requires only one rock fragment or mineral grain and uses a single measurement of argon isotopes.
Ar contamination. Most of the argon in Earth's atmosphere was produced by electron capture of long-lived 40 K (40 K + e − → 40 Ar + ν) present in natural potassium within Earth. The 39 Ar activity in the atmosphere is maintained by cosmogenic production through the knockout reaction 40 Ar (n,2n) 39 Ar and similar reactions. The half-life of 39
Argon (18 Ar) has 26 known isotopes, from 29 Ar to 54 Ar, of which three are stable (36 Ar, 38 Ar, and 40 Ar). On Earth, 40 Ar makes up 99.6% of natural argon. The longest-lived radioactive isotopes are 39 Ar with a half-life of 268 years, 42 Ar with a half-life of 32.9 years, and 37 Ar with a half-life of 35.04 days.
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Purified argon gas is the most commonly used inert gas due to its high natural abundance (78.3% N 2, 1% Ar in air) [3] and low relative cost. Unlike noble gases , an inert gas is not necessarily elemental and is often a compound gas.
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2 Ne 4 Ar +, UO 2 Ne 3 Ar + 2, UO 2 Ne 2 Ar + 3, UO 2 NeAr + 4, UO 2 Ar + 5, UO 2 Ar 4 Kr +, UO 2 Ar 3 Kr + 2, UO 2 Ar 2 Kr + 3, UO 2 ArKr + 4, UO 2 Ar 4 Xe +, UO 2 Ar 3 Xe + 2, UO 2 Ar 2 Xe + 3, and UO 2 ArXe + 4, which are identified by a shift in the U=O antisymmetric stretching frequency. [94] Neutral UO 2 condensed in solid argon is ...