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im doing a physics assignment on decay have completed most of it and am stuck on a question which i don't understand how to do, cud any1 help urgently?
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The cloth shroud of a mummy is found to have a 14C activity of 8.9 dpm g of carbon as opposed to...
Carbon dating!..urgent help needed
Homework Statement
-- The half life of the isotope 32P is 14.28 days. A stock solution of 32PO43 contained 7659 Bq of activity in 25 cm3 at 09.00 hours on the 7th June. 250Bq of 32P is required for an experiment starting at 15.00 hours on the 19th June...
Carbon dating - urgent please help
Homework Statement
a) The cloth shroud of a mummy is found to have a 14C activity of 8.9 dpm g of carbon as opposed to living organisms which undergo 15.2 dpm g of carbon. Given the half –life of 14C is 5730 years what was the age of the shroud in years...