Radioactivity Lab Quiz
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and after another 5730 years, how much grams would have?
25 grams
if start with 100 grams of carbon-14, in 5730 years how many grams would have? and what does it turn into?
50; nitrogen
half life of carbon-14 isotope
5730
safety precautions
there are no precautions for this lab but you should be aware of other experiments, chemicals, procedures or hazardous situations which are around you or may arise.
purpose
to construct a model of radioactivity and half life and to demonstrate the connection between half-life and a decay graph. To compare the half-lives of two simulated radioactive elements.
materials
cigar box, graph paper, pennies and nickels
half life
how much time elapses when half of the atoms of a given radioactive sample decay