年代学2013-02剖析.ppt

* approaches zero faster than as t increase, an approximation can be obtained: as or then Equation l1N1 = l2N2 indicates that, with increasing time, the rate of decay of the unstable daughter (N2l2) becomes equal to that of its long-lived parent (N1l1) This condition is known as secular equilibrium in this decay type Decay of long-lived parent (N1) to a short-lived daughter (N2) Number of daughter atoms (N2) increases as a function of time from an initial value of zero Similarly for a complicate decay series, such as 238U, 235U and 232Th, the condition of equilibrium is p