Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    Half-life period of \[{{C}^{14}}\]is

    A)  500 years      

    B)  5000 years

    C)  50 years       

    D)  \[5\times {{10}^{4}}years\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[{{C}^{14}}\] has a half-life period of 5570 years and is used in radio carbon dating. Carbon in living things contains a uniform living amount of radioactive \[{{C}^{14}}\] produced constantly in the atmosphere from the amount ofC14 in the dead sample, the age of the organism can be determined.


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