Nuclear physics
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What is difference between excitation and ionization potentials?
Excitation potential The potential required to lift an electron from the ground state to some higher state is called excitation potential. Or If the energy supplied to an electron is such that the electron is lifted from its ground state…
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Radioactive carbon dating formula and method
Radioactive dating Any of several methods for determining the age of archaeological and fossil remains rocks, etc, by measuring some property of the organic or inorganic matter that changes with time. This property may be dependent on some aspect of…