OWLv2 for Ebbing/Gammon's General Chemistry, 11th Edition, [Instant Access], 1 term (6 months)
OWLv2 for Ebbing/Gammon's General Chemistry, 11th Edition, [Instant Access], 1 term (6 months)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781305673939
Author: Darrell Ebbing; Steven D. Gammon
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.78QP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

What should have been the activity of Carbon-14 in the bones (in disintegrations per minute per gram) has to be determined.

Concept introduction:

  • Half-life: The time taken for one-half of the nuclei in the sample to decay.  The half-life of the sample is independent of the quantity of radioactive material and depends on the decay constant of the nuclide in the sample.
  • The decay constant (k) is independent of the quantity of radioactive material however depends only on the character of the nuclide.  Various nuclides have various decay constants.  The degree of radioactive decay depends on the decay constant and number of radioactive nuclei at specific time ( Nt ).  The rate of decay is directly proportional to the number of radioactive nuclei in a given sample; it is expressed mathematically as,

Rate = kNt

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