21. Nuclear Chemistry
Rate of Radioactive Decay
Problem 118
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionA small sample of wood from an archaeological site in Clo-vis, New Mexico, was burned in O2 and the CO2 produced was bubbled through a solution of Ba(OH)2 to produce a precipitation of BaCO3. When the BaCO3 was collected by filtration, a 1.000 g sample was found to have a radioactivity of 4.0 x 10^-5 Bq. The half-life of 14C is 5715 y, and living organisms have a radioactivity due to 14C if 15.3 disintegrations/min per gram of carbon. If the analysis was carried out in 1960, what is the date of the Clovis site?
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