EBK CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
EBK CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
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Author: DECOSTE
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Chapter 20, Problem 28E
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Interpretation: The counts per minute per gram of carbon from a 15,000-year-old sample are to be measured. Radioactive dating work will well for small samples of 10 mg or less is to be determined.

Concept Introduction:The probability of decay per unit time of radioactive nuclei is called Decay constant. The decay constant is related to the half-life of the nuclide T 1/2 by the following relation:

   T 1/2 = ln 2/λ

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