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Radioactivity

Problem 6.222

Determine the age of aneient wooden items if it is known that the specific activity of \(\mathrm{C}^{14}\) nuclide in them amounts to \(3 / 5\) of that in lately felled trees. The half-life of \(\mathrm{C}^{14}\) nuclei is 5570 years.

Reveal Answer
4.1103 years. 4.1 \cdot 10^{3} \text { years. }