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An archaeologist finds some ancient jewelry made from
bone. The jewelry has a carbon mass of 163 g (HINT: Assume all the
carbon is 12C and determine the number of atoms) and
careful measurements show that the remaining 14C has a
current decay rate of 21 decays/s. Determine the age of the bone
(and presumably the jewelry). Remember, the ratio of 14C
to 12C when the animal died was 1.3×10-12
& the half-life of 14C is 5730 y.
age of bone =
A geologist finds an old rock and wants to determine its
age using rubidium-strontium dating. This is possible because
87Rb, which has a half-life of 4.75×1010 y,
undergoes β − decay and becomes
87Sr. The geologist determines that the ratio of
87Sr to 87Rb is 0.289. Assuming there was no
87Sr in the rock when it was formed, determine the age
of the rock.
age of rock =
This is a problem of determination of age using radiation scale...Let's follow how to do.