Thursday, August 11, 2011

Very tough half life question, please help!?

The half life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. The carbon-14 activity of living material is ~920 decays/hr per gram of carbon. A fragment of wool from an archaeological site has an activity of 680 decays/hr per gram of carbon. Show that the approx. date of the sample is 500 BC.

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