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[โ€“] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The time it takes for half of the carbon to break apart, or decay as we call it, is called half-time

You mean half-life, right?

[โ€“] chris@l.roofo.cc 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. You are right. I typed this before going to sleep. It shows.