A wooden artifact from a Chinese temple has a 14C activity of 41.0 counts per minute as compared with an activity of 58.2 counts
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Answer:
Explanation:
The relation between activity and number of radioactive atom in the sample is as follows
dN / dt = λ N where λ is disintegration constant and N is number of radioactive atoms
For the beginning period
dN₀ / dt = λ N₀
58.2 = λ N₀
similarly
41 = λ N
dividing
58.2 / 41 = N₀ / N
N = N₀ x .70446
formula of radioactive decay
- λ t = ln .70446 = - .35
t = .35 / λ
λ = .693 / half life
= .693 / 5715
= .00012126
t = .35 / .00012126
= 2886.36
= 2900 years ( rounding it in two significant figures )
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