Chemistry, 20.07.2021 02:00 hughesnatalia2003

The radioactivity due to carbon-14 measured in a piece of a wood from an ancient site was found to produce 20 counts per minute from a given sample, whereas the same amount of carbon from a piece of living wood produced 160 counts per minute. The half-life of carbon-14, a beta emitter, is 5730 y. The age of the artifact is closest to

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