How old is a bone if it presently contains 0.3125g of C-14, but it was estimated to have originally contained 80.000g of C-14?
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Using the Fundamental Equation of Calorimetry, we have:
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Answer:
Moisture content in wet basis = 47.4 %
Explanation:
<u>Moisture content expresses the amount of water present in a moist sample.</u> <u>Dry basis and wet basis are widely used to express moisture content. </u>
The next equation express the moisture content in wet basis:
<em>where, : moisture content in wet basis and </em>
<em> : moisture content in dry basis </em>
We now calculate the moisture content in wet basis:
= 0.474 = 47.4 % wet basis
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