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Interpretation:
The age of the given rock sample, in years, is to be determined.
Concept Introduction:
Radiological dating is taken into consideration for calculating the age of a rock sample that is based on the half-lives of the radionuclides. It involves radiological dating a pair of isotopes that are related as a ‘parent’ to the ‘daughter’ radioactive disintegrations. The most commonly used isotopes sought for such purposes are
Half-life for a first order reaction is given by the following equation:
Here,
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