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    This document records the decay of a radioactive sample over 12 half-life periods. It shows the original number of nuclei in the sample, the number that have decayed after each half-life, and graphs the results. From the graph, if 1/8 of the original nuclei remain, it has been through 3 half-lives. Radiometric dating of pottery that is 95% decayed indicates it was made 80 years ago, assuming a 20 year half-life. A decay curve graphing mass remaining versus time for another isotope shows a half-life of 3 hours.

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    This document records the decay of a radioactive sample over 12 half-life periods. It shows the original number of nuclei in the sample, the number that have decayed after each half-life, and graphs the results. From the graph, if 1/8 of the original nuclei remain, it has been through 3 half-lives. Radiometric dating of pottery that is 95% decayed indicates it was made 80 years ago, assuming a 20 year half-life. A decay curve graphing mass remaining versus time for another isotope shows a half-life of 3 hours.

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    This document records the decay of a radioactive sample over 12 half-life periods. It shows the original number of nuclei in the sample, the number that have decayed after each half-life, and graphs the results. From the graph, if 1/8 of the original nuclei remain, it has been through 3 half-lives. Radiometric dating of pottery that is 95% decayed indicates it was made 80 years ago, assuming a 20 year half-life. A decay curve graphing mass remaining versus time for another isotope shows a half-life of 3 hours.

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    Half-life Number of Nuclei in the Number of Nuclei in the Sample That Have

    Number Sample Decayed

    Start 0 0

    1 200 107

    2 93 48

    3 45 24

    4 21 9

    5 12 6

    6 6 3

    7 1 2

    8 1 0

    9 0 1

    10 1 1

    11 0 0

    12 0 0

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    1. Graph the “Number of Nuclei in the Sample” versus the “Half-life Number.” If the sample has
    1/8 of the radioactive nuclei left, how many half-lives would the sample have gone through?
    3 half lives
    2. Each time you dumped the pennies, one half-life passed; it has been shown that the half-life
    for this radioactive isotope is 20 years. In the year 2000, an archaeology team unearths
    pottery and is using this isotope for radiometric dating to place the age of the pottery. It is
    shown that 95% of the nuclei have decayed. Using your graph, approximately how long ago
    was the pottery made?
    It was made 80 years ago
    3. While investigating the half-life of a radioactive isotope, the following data was gathered.
    Graph the data; this graph should resemble the graph from your lab. Notice that you have a
    y-value at x = 0. This is called a decay curve. Answer the following questions:

    Time Mass Remaining of the Isotope


    (hr) (g)

    0.0 40.00
    3.0 20.00
    6.0 10.00
    9.0 5.00
    12.0 2.50
    15.0 1.25
    18.0 0.63
    A. Approximately how much mass remains after 8.0 hours?
    6.67grams
    B. Approximately how much mass remains after 21.0 hours?
    0.32grams
    C. What is the half-life for this isotope?
    The half-life is 3 hours

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