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Helena_88
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Hello! i was just wondering if anyone could help me with this,
The rubidium isotope 87-Rb is a beta emitter with a half life of 4.9 x 10^10 yr that decays into 87-Sr. It is used to determine the age of rocks and fossils. Certain rocks contain a ratio of 87-Sr to 87Rb of 0.0100. Assuming there was no 87-Sr present when the rocks were formed, calculate the age of these fossils.
So far all i can think of doing is taking 1% of the half life as the answer but I'm very uncertain!
Thanks for any help with this :-)
The rubidium isotope 87-Rb is a beta emitter with a half life of 4.9 x 10^10 yr that decays into 87-Sr. It is used to determine the age of rocks and fossils. Certain rocks contain a ratio of 87-Sr to 87Rb of 0.0100. Assuming there was no 87-Sr present when the rocks were formed, calculate the age of these fossils.
So far all i can think of doing is taking 1% of the half life as the answer but I'm very uncertain!
Thanks for any help with this :-)