Nuclear Physics and RadioactivityHard
Question
An archaeologist analyses the wood in a prehistoric structure and finds that C14 (Half life = 5700 years) to C12 is only one-fourth of that found in the cells of buried plants. The age of the wood is about
Options
A.5700 years
B.2850 years
C.11,400 years
D.22,800 years
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