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wlad13 [49]
2 years ago
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The half-life of the carbon isotope C-14 is approximately 5,715 years. What percent of a given amount remains after 300 years? R

ound your answer to two decimal places.
Chemistry
1 answer:
dem82 [27]2 years ago
3 0

Answer: 96.34%

Explanation:

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}{5715}=0.00012years^{-1}

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 = time for decomposition = 300 years

a = let initial amount of the reactant  = 100

a - x = amount left after decay process = ?  

300=\frac{2.303}{0.00012}\log\frac{100}{100-x}

x=3.66

(a-x)=100-3.66=96.34

Thus 96.34 percent of a given amount remains after 300 years.

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