VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    What is the age of an ancient wooden piece if it is known that the specific activity of \[{{C}^{14}}\] nuclide in its amounts is 3/5 of that in freshly grown trees? Given the half of C nuclide is 5570 yr.

    A)  1000 yr       

    B)  2000 yr

    C)  3000 yr        

    D)  4000 yr

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[{{N}_{0}}=\frac{3}{5}{{N}_{0}}{{e}^{-\lambda t}}\] \[e{{\lambda }^{t}}=\frac{5}{3}\] \[\therefore \] \[\log {{e}^{\lambda t}}={{\log }_{e}}\frac{5}{3}\] or \[\lambda t={{\log }_{e}}\frac{5}{3}\] or \[t=\frac{1}{\lambda }{{\log }_{e}}\frac{5}{3}\] \[=\frac{T}{0.693}\times 0.5\]   \[\left( \because \,\,\,T=\frac{0.693}{\lambda } \right)\] \[=\frac{5570\times 0.5}{0.693}yr=4018.7yr\] \[=4000yr\]


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