chlorine-36

noun

A long-lived radioactive isotope of chlorine, 3617Cl, having seventeen protons and nineteen neutrons, and a half-life of 3x10⁵ years; it can be used to date samples of groundwater

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nounchlorine-36 (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesA long-lived radioactive isotope of chlorine, 3617Cl, having seventeen protons and nineteen neutrons, and a half-life of 3x10⁵ years; it can be used to date samples of groundwater
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