Chemistry (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0078021529
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-152-7

Chapter 20 - Questions and Problems - Page 950: 20.32

Answer

$4.05\times10^{3}$ years.

Work Step by Step

Original activity $A_{0}=18.3\,dps$ Present activity $A=11.2\,dps$ Decay constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{5715\,y}=1.2126\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}$ $\ln(\frac{A_{0}}{A})=kt$ where $t$ is the age. $\implies \ln(\frac{18.3}{11.2})=0.491=1.2126\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}(t)$ Then, $t=\frac{0.491}{1.2126\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}}=4.05\times10^{3}\,y$
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