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kellyjaisingh

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on: Jul 15, 2018
What are radioactive isotopes, and why are they important to geologists? What will be an ideal response?

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What is atomic bonding, and what is the result of bonding? List the types of bonding and how common
  they are. What will be an ideal response?



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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A radioactive isotope is one that undergoes spontaneous decay from one isotope of an element to
another isotope of that same element, or even change to other elements. Radioactive isotopes are
important for determining the absolute ages of rocks.



Answer to Question 2

Two or more atoms join together by bonding, resulting in a substance called a compound. The most
common types of bonding are ionic and covalent. The less common types are metallic and van der
Waals.



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