I've Decided I'm Carbon Neutral

[TheyCallMeMrJames]

I mean, seriously, how can you get all worked up over an element without any exciting isotopes? Now uranium, there's periodic table member that I can get behind. :cool:

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[Peter_in_2780]

But C14 is very interesting. Give the right people a sample of yourself, and they can tell you how long ago you died. There's no way I'd be able to find a reference, but some years ago I saw a radiocarbon date quoted as "1500 +- 1800 years ago". :laugh: Probably a typo, but...

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[Chris C B]

Of course, if we were to replace all the carbon atoms in his body with Uranium, we could get a much more accurate date. Should we do it, do you think? :laugh: