General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry - 4th edition
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry - 4th edition
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259883989
Author: by Janice Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.3, Problem 10.14P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The age of an aircraft should be estimated which has 1/8 of the quantity of C-14 (relative to C-12) compared to living organisms.

Concept Introduction:

The time which is required for a quantity to reduce to half of its initial value is known as half -life.

Or,

The time at which the reactant concentration is reduced to half of its initial concentration is known as half-life.

The expression for calculating amount left after decay of radioactive atom is shown as:

  A=Aorig(12)t

Where, t = number of half-lives that passed.

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