An investigator receives a sample of a short-lived isotope that was created using a cyclotron. Explain why

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An investigator receives a sample of a short-lived isotope that was created using a cyclotron. Explain why it is not possible to tell the age of an individual nucleus, but it is possible to determine the age of the sample.

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321907240

3rd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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