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sesenic [268]
3 years ago
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Anthropologists can estimate the age of a bone or other sample of organic matter by its carbon-14 content. The carbon-14 in a li

ving organism is constant until the organism dies, after which carbon-14 decays with first-order kinetics and a half-life of 5730 years. Suppose a bone from an ancient human contains 14.0 %% of the CC-14 found in living organisms.
Biology
1 answer:
Goryan [66]3 years ago
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Answer: The age of a bone or other sample of organic matter by its carbon-14 content is 16252 years

Explanation:

Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:

t=\frac{2.303}{k}\log\frac{a}{a-x}

where,

k = rate constant

t = age of sample

a = let initial amount of the reactant

a - x = amount left after decay process  

a) for completion of half life:

Half life is the amount of time taken by a radioactive material to decay to half of its original value.

t_{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{0.693}{k}

k=\frac{0.693}{5730}=1.21\times 10^{-4}years^{-1}

b) for completion of 14 % of reaction

t=\frac{2.303}{k}\log\frac{100}{14}

t=\frac{2.303}{1.21\times 10^{-4}}\log\frac{100}{14}

t=16252years

The age of a bone or other sample of organic matter by its carbon-14 content is 16252 years

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