A wooden artifact is burned and found to contain 21 g of carbon. The C activity of the sample is 242 disintegrations/min. What is the age of the artifact? (Assume that t1/2 for in the atmosphere (and therefore in all living things) today is 0.255 Bq/g of total carbon.) 14 14C is 5730 yr. The activity of 14C Age : years %3D

A wooden artifact is burned and found to contain 21 g of carbon. The C activity of the sample is 242 disintegrations/min. What is the age of the artifact? (Assume that t1/2 for in the atmosphere (and therefore in all living things) today is 0.255 Bq/g of total carbon.) 14 14C is 5730 yr. The activity of 14C Age : years %3D

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A wooden artifact is burned and found to contain 21 g of
carbon. The 4C activity of the sample is 242
disintegrations/min. What is the age of the artifact?
(Assume that t1/2 for
in the atmosphere (and therefore in all living things)
today is 0.255 Bq/g of total carbon.)
14
C is 5730 yr. The activity of 14C
Age =
years
%3D

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