Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 22 - Nuclear Chemistry - Exercises - Rates of Decay - Page 885: 59

Answer

1100 years.

Work Step by Step

Original activity of radionuclide $N_{0}=16.0/min\cdot g\,C$ Present activity $N=14.0/min\cdot g\,C$ Rate constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{5730\,y}=1.21\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}$ $\ln(\frac{N_{0}}{N})=kt$ where $t$ is the age. $\implies \ln(\frac{16.0}{14.0})=0.13353=1.21\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}\times t$ Or $t= \frac{0.13353}{1.21\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}}=1100\,years$
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