The element potassium is stable at the atomic mass of 39, but it has a radioactive isotope, potassium-40. The half-life of potassium-40 is 1.3 billion years. Rocks can require 200,000 years for enough argon gas to build up to provide an accurate measurement. As a result, this technique is used to date older objects.
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