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Radium-226 is a common isotope on Earth, but it has a half-life of about 1600 years. Given that Earth is some 5 billion years old, why is there any radium left at all?

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Radium-226 is a common isotope on Earth, but it has a half-life of about 1600 years. Given that Earth is some 5 billion years old, why is there any radium left at all?

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Radium 226 has an approximately 1600-year half-life. . The age of the Earth is estimated to be approximately 5 billion years.

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