Question

The half life of carbon 12 isotope is 5568 yrs. What is the time taken for decay of 93.75%of the nuclei of a radioactive sample

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Explanation:

It is given:

Charcoal has the initial activity, which is denoted as A_{0}=15.3A

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=15.3 disintegrations per minute per gram.

Charcoal has the half-life, T 12=5730T12=5730 years

After a few years, the charcoal’s final activity, A = 12.3 disintegrations per minute per gram

Constant of disintegration,

\lambda=0.693 \mathrm{T} 12=0.6935370 \mathrm{y}-1λ=0.693T12=0.6935370y−1

For the action to attain 12.3 disintegrations per minute per gram, let the time taken by the sample at a time of t year.

Sample’s activity,

A=A O e-\lambda tA=AOe−λt

A=A O e-0.6935730 \times tA=AOe−0.6935730×t

\Rightarrow \mathrm{t}=1804.3 \text { years }⇒t=1804.3 years