2 half-lives have elapsed to yield 125 atom of the original sample
Half of the amount of the radioisotope present at any given time will undergo spontaneous disintegration during the succeeding 5730 years. In other words , after 5730 years ,only half of the original amount of 14 c remains in a sample of organic material . Imagine that you start out with 100 grams of carbon 14 . The half -life is the time it takes for half of given amount of isotope to decay .
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