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Chapter 5: Q. 64 (page 351)

Carbon-14 is a radioactive element with a half-life of about

5,730 years. Carbon-14 is said to decay exponentially. The decay rate is 0.000121. We start with one gram of carbon-14.

We are interested in the time (years) it takes to decay carbon-14. What is being measured here?

Short Answer

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Here, carbon-14 average life has been measured

Step by step solution

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Step:1 Definition of  carbon-14 average life 

Carbon-14 average life: The average life of carbon-14 has been stated that the half of amount of radioisotope at a certain time will separate after the coming 5370 years.

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Step:2  The process to  measure of  carbon-14 average life 

In order to measure of carbon-14 average life, it is necessary to understand the time when carbon-14 will decay.

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