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Half of the mass of a piece of wood
just cut from a tree consists of carbon.
The piece of wood emits 8325
electrons per minute and among the
elements that compose it only one is
radioactive. Assuming that in a tree
the isotopic abundance of ¹4C is
1.3 × 10-¹2, estimate the weight of
the piece of wood in grams to 1dp
Transcribed Image Text:Half of the mass of a piece of wood just cut from a tree consists of carbon. The piece of wood emits 8325 electrons per minute and among the elements that compose it only one is radioactive. Assuming that in a tree the isotopic abundance of ¹4C is 1.3 × 10-¹2, estimate the weight of the piece of wood in grams to 1dp
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