After a tree has been chopped down and burned to ash, the carbon isotopes in the ash

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After a tree has been chopped down and burned to ash, the carbon isotopes in the ash are found to have a 146C to 126C ratio of 1.300∙10-12. Experimental tests on the 146C atoms reveal that 146C is a beta emitter with a half-life of 5730 yr. At an archeological excavation, a skeleton is found next to some wood ash from a campfire. If 50.0 g of carbon from the ash emits electrons at a rate of 20.0 per hour, how long ago did the campfire burn?
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University Physics With Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0073513881

2nd edition

Authors: Wolfgang Bauer, Gary Westfall

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