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suter [353]
3 years ago
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A rock sample contains 4.5g of Potassium-40 and 31.5g of its daughter isotope (Argon-40). How old is the rock sample if Potassiu

m-40 has a half-life of 1.3 billion years?
Chemistry
1 answer:
brilliants [131]3 years ago
8 0
<span>There is a starting mass of 36g of Potassium-40. After 1.3 billion years, there would be 18g of Argon-40. After 2.6 billion years, half of the remaining Potassium-40 would have decayed, leaving 9g of Potassium-40 and giving us 27g of Argon-40. Following this pattern, we see that three half-lives, or 3.9 billion years, have passed. The age of the rock sample is 3.9 billion years.</span>
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