Thursday, February 18, 2010

Half Life How To Ommit Cd Key Half Life?

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The half-life of radioactive decay of the C-14 is 5730 years.

How long does it take up to 30% of the C-14 carbon atoms in a sample of the C-14 to decay?

When a sample of C-14 initially contains 1.8 mmol of C-14, is the number of mmol after 2250 years? (mmol)

1 comments:

ubiquito... said...

Regards,

The amount the rest of the original sample t Ao is spent after the time given by A = Aoe ^ (-kt)

t1 / 2 = 5.730 years
Decay constant k = ln 2 / 5730

where 30% fell to 70% remains

.7 = E (^-kt)
ln (0.7) =- kt
t = ln (0.7) * 5730/ln2
t = 2948 years of decline 30%

A = 1.8 * e ^ (-k * 2250)
A 1.8 = 0.7617 *
A = 1.37 mmol remain after 2250 years

Regards

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