a piece of wood from a recently cut tree shows 20 decays per minute.a wooden piece of same size placed in a museueum shows 2 decays per minute.if half life of c14 is 5730 years.then age of wooden piece placed in museum is approximately?
ram , 9 Years ago
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Abhishek Kumar
Last Activity: 9 Years ago
N’ = 1/30 dps (dps =disintegration per second) N = 1/3 dps So, N’/N = 1/10 e-t =1/10 Since, 1/ = half life = 5730 yr -t = ln(1/10) So, t = ln(10) X 5730 yr
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