Uploaded August 2008 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
NOTE: I'm thinking about updating this video with a series after finding an up to date rebuttal to the Creationist claims listed below. Details pending. For now, an updated link is provided to the original post, now hosted at Rational Skeptic.
This video covers the subject of Radiometric Dating in a little more detail, specifically the mathematics behind it, and the fact of nuclear synthesis in enabling us to determine how Radioactive Decay works.
This is based on a posting to a thread about Creationism, located here:
rationalskepticism.org/chemistry/calilasseia-radiometric-dating-is-rigorous-t1089.html
In addition, the sources cited in the post, and in this video, are here:
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/toc
Kaye and Laby's table of Radionuclides
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1.html
The complete table of Radionuclides.
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part00_000_009.html
Hydrogen to Flourine
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part01_010_019.html
Neon to Potassium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part02_020_029.html
Calcium to Copper
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part03_030_039.html
Zinc to Yttrium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part04_040_049.html
Zirconium to Indium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part05_050_059.html
Tin to Praesodymium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part06_060_069.html
Neodymium to Thulium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part07_070_079.html
Ytterbium to Gold
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part08_080_089.html
Mercury to Actinium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part09_090_099.html
Thorium to Einsteinium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part10_100_111.html
Fermium to Roentgenium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_2.html
Kaye and Laby's Major Decay Series
NOTE: I'm thinking about updating this video with a series after finding an up to date rebuttal to the Creationist claims listed below. Details pending. For now, an updated link is provided to the original post, now hosted at Rational Skeptic.
This video covers the subject of Radiometric Dating in a little more detail, specifically the mathematics behind it, and the fact of nuclear synthesis in enabling us to determine how Radioactive Decay works.
This is based on a posting to a thread about Creationism, located here:
rationalskepticism.org/chemistry/calilasseia-radiometric-dating-is-rigorous-t1089.html
In addition, the sources cited in the post, and in this video, are here:
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/toc
Kaye and Laby's table of Radionuclides
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1.html
The complete table of Radionuclides.
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part00_000_009.html
Hydrogen to Flourine
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part01_010_019.html
Neon to Potassium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part02_020_029.html
Calcium to Copper
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part03_030_039.html
Zinc to Yttrium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part04_040_049.html
Zirconium to Indium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part05_050_059.html
Tin to Praesodymium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part06_060_069.html
Neodymium to Thulium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part07_070_079.html
Ytterbium to Gold
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part08_080_089.html
Mercury to Actinium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part09_090_099.html
Thorium to Einsteinium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_1_part10_100_111.html
Fermium to Roentgenium
kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_6/4_6_2.html
Kaye and Laby's Major Decay Series
