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chlorine-36

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chlorine-36 (uncountable)

(physics) A long-lived radioactive isotope of chlorine, 17Cl, having seventeen protons and nineteen neutrons, and a half-life of 3x10 years; it can be used to date samples of groundwater

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Chlorine-36 dating method Large amounts of otherwise rare 36 Cl (half-life ~300ky) were produced by irradiation of seawater during atmospheric detonations of nuclear weapons between 1952 and 1958. Source: Internet

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