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Material: Radioactivity
Format: hard copy on A4 paper
Due date: + 1 WEEK
b. Using the above chart, estimate the percentage of parent and daughter material that
should be present if 5 half-lives have passed. If the length of the half-life is 1 million
years. How old is the rock?
c. What is the age of a basaltic lava flow which has isotopic abundances D=87.5% and
P=12.5% and isotopic half-life of 10 million years?
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