Class blog for "The Unstable Nucleus" at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Monday, October 1, 2012

Art authentification through radioactive fallout

Wine dating through radioactivity

Because the detonation of nuclear bombs produced isotopes that either hadn't existed on earth before, or hadn't been as abundant, the presence of, or lack of these isotopes in some materials can be used to determine their age.  For example, wine and art.

-Anne

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