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Message 307 of 1498 (730226)
06-25-2014 4:06 PM


Ar-40 to K-40
I was wondering if there was a way to convert Argon-40 into Potassium-40, in a lab.

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Message 308 of 1498 (730394)
06-27-2014 10:53 PM


Anyone care to answer my enquery even slightly?
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Message 310 of 1498 (730398)
06-27-2014 11:37 PM


Argon-40 seems to take more energy to make from Pottasium-40. Decays of Argon-40 to Potassium-40 could be made by supercooling. I don't know if rapid protons would be necessary.
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Message 315 of 1498 (730481)
06-28-2014 1:12 PM
Reply to: Message 313 by NoNukes
06-28-2014 11:53 AM


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Assuming that you are correct about the energy requirements, that's not a logic conclusion. Paper makes energy by burning. Do you think we could reverse the process of combustion by super cooling?
It is a logical conclusion. Supercooling has been known to do the reverse of "electron" capture. The Wikipedia chart has some example of Argon "decaying" into Potassium. I also doubt heat and pressure together will ever be tried. It would ruin the lab equipment.

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Message 316 of 1498 (730483)
06-28-2014 1:15 PM


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Nope. Essentially all of the K->Ar decays emit a 1.460 MeV gamma ray and a neutrino. Therefore process emits energy.
  —JonF
While I don't agree, that would be a very useful statement.
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Message 319 of 1498 (730492)
06-28-2014 2:33 PM
Reply to: Message 317 by JonF
06-28-2014 1:51 PM


You're sounding pretty wacky. Reference, please.
I am not your peer. Look it up yourself.
A quick look at Wikipedia and I can't see any such chart. Link to the chart, please.
It's under Argon.
.. Heat and pressure together have been tried many times. Once you've got a suitable pressure vessel, dab on a little insulation and you've got a heat and pressure vessel.
Yeah, in other words, you think ceramic rock is enough. That's a load of crap.
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Message 320 of 1498 (730493)
06-28-2014 2:36 PM
Reply to: Message 318 by JonF
06-28-2014 1:52 PM


Nope. Essentially all of the K->Ar decays emit a 1.460 MeV gamma ray and a neutrino. Therefore [the] process emits energy.
Takes energy or releases energy. I would have to see it, but hiting something with a rapid neutron doesn't give a lot of energy. I suspect it is something else.
Yup, nutjob.
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Message 323 of 1498 (730498)
06-28-2014 3:17 PM
Reply to: Message 321 by Coragyps
06-28-2014 3:02 PM


Where under "argon?" I think you're making things up.
While not atomic number 40, there are Argon isotopes which turn into Potassium. There's an isotope chart for Argon.
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Message 324 of 1498 (730499)
06-28-2014 3:22 PM
Reply to: Message 322 by ringo
06-28-2014 3:05 PM


Re: Ar-40 to K-40
Are you suggesting that the decay of Potassium-40 is reversible?
It seems only implied, so far. And reversibility at the same rate sounds to me, atomically unlikely. But if you want to get into tree rings and ice core samples as proof; you should be disappointed by it. Tree rings are the training ground of radiocarbon daters, and ice core samples is impossibly stupid; I mean total nutjob, as in worse than making a wacky assumption.

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Message 328 of 1498 (730505)
06-28-2014 4:45 PM
Reply to: Message 327 by JonF
06-28-2014 4:18 PM


Whic has nothing to do with his claim that supercooling would turn 40Ar into 40K.
Try again, I didn't make that claim. I was investigating possibilities. Did you notice Ar-41 and Ar-42 also?
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Message 331 of 1498 (730511)
06-28-2014 5:31 PM
Reply to: Message 329 by NoNukes
06-28-2014 5:19 PM


Ye I don't see any description of the reverse decay you say is there.
Ar-40 is supposedly an exception, and it is also supposedly the most stable isotope-- I think.
There is also that pesky energy problem that works in the opposite direction as your post suggested.
The energy should be less in the opposite direction. The tricky things with isotopes is how does the proton count change. With some, it is the colder the faster. I suspect C14 maybe this way.
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Message 332 of 1498 (730512)
06-28-2014 5:36 PM
Reply to: Message 330 by NoNukes
06-28-2014 5:23 PM


Re: Ar-40 to K-40
Implied by what?
By the Argon isotope chart under "Argon" in Wikipedia.
Cool. Let's hear about why those things are nutjobs.
Tree rings don't determine the age of trees. Carbon-14 does, and I believe carbon-14 date don't match tree ring dating.
Ice melts, and the artic's icecap is constantly shifting. You can't prove it caused a flood or dates anything. Current research in this area is done at taxpayers expense, whereas most radiometric dating isn't.
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Message 337 of 1498 (730519)
06-28-2014 6:15 PM
Reply to: Message 335 by NoNukes
06-28-2014 6:05 PM


I should have logically said the colder the slower.
An exception to what general principle?
Ar-39, Ar-41, and Ar-42 can decay into potassium isotopes of the same number.
Carbon 14 decays by emitting a beta particle and gamma radiation, both of which carry away energy. The process is exothermic. Your suspicion is wrong.
Yet there are also other issues like water, and that you can't carbon date any corpse accurately.
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Message 338 of 1498 (730520)
06-28-2014 6:19 PM
Reply to: Message 334 by RAZD
06-28-2014 5:58 PM


Re: so lets discuss reality then: step 1 --
Would you care to show how the science of dendrochronology has it all wrong? With objective evidence rather than bald assertion?
1. Quit lying that it is a science. 2. Quite [quit] pretending it is used to calibrate lambda for Radiocarbon Dating.
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Message 340 of 1498 (730522)
06-28-2014 6:26 PM
Reply to: Message 339 by RAZD
06-28-2014 6:22 PM


Re: Ar-40 to K-40
Have a good whine, and we'll watch the scientists laugh at you as you dig yourself deeper and deeper into the 85 pile.
Just remember what I said about dedrenchronlogy.

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