Chemistry 9th Edition

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Chapter 19 - The Nucleus: A Chemist's View - Exercises - Page 921: 37

Answer

$2.21$ counts per minute. Radioactive dating won't work well because the sample is so small that the number of counts will be very small and so not reflect the sample size accurately.

Work Step by Step

15000/5730 = 2.62, so 2.62 half-lives pass. 13.6*(0.5)^2.62 = 2.21 counts per minute.
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