A wooden artifact is burned and found to contain 21 g of carbon. The 14C activity of the sample is 256 disintegrations/min. What is the age of the artifact? (Assume that t/2 for 14C is 5730 yr. The activity of 14C in the atmosphere (and therefore in all living things) today is 0.255 Bq'g of total carbon.) Age years

A wooden artifact is burned and found to contain 21 g of carbon. The 14C activity of the sample is 256 disintegrations/min. What is the age of the artifact? (Assume that t/2 for 14C is 5730 yr. The activity of 14C in the atmosphere (and therefore in all living things) today is 0.255 Bq'g of total carbon.) Age years

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