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A 250 mg sample of CO2 collected from a small piece of wood at an archaeological...
A 250 mg sample of CO2 collected from a small piece of wood at an archaeological site gave 1020 counts over a 24 h period. In the same counting apparatus, 1.00 g of CO2 from freshly cut wood gave 18 400 counts in 20 h. What age does this give for the site?
answer is 1.4x10^4 yr on textbook
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