A jawbone from the archaeological site at Folsom, New Mexico, was dated by analysis of its radioactive

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A jawbone from the archaeological site at Folsom, New Mexico, was dated by analysis of its radioactive carbon. The activity of the carbon from the jawbone was 4.5 disintegrations per minute per gram of total carbon. What was the age of the jawbone? Carbon from living material gives 15.3 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon.
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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