Comment on Eat lead
DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Is decay the only way to get lead? I mean if uranium gets synthesized can’t lead get made as well?
Comment on Eat lead
DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Is decay the only way to get lead? I mean if uranium gets synthesized can’t lead get made as well?
Fermion@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Yes, and lead is produced in much greater abundance than uranium.
The part that’s missing in the post is in looking specifically at uranium deposits and making assumptions about the initial composition of the deposits, since the crystalline structure excludes lead when the crystals form. So if you detect lead contained within zircon, it is assumed to be the product of radioactive decay.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Thanks! I assumed it was rhetorical question but this waaaaay outside my area of expertise.