Archeologists are concerned with artifacts created by humans. Humans have been creating artifacts within a geologically short period of time. Carbon 14 with a half life of about 5,700...
1 Answers 1 viewsradiometric dating can not be used to date fossils. 1. Most fossils do not contain Carbon so Carbon 14 radiometric dating can not be used to date a fossil that...
1 Answers 1 viewscarbon-12 and carbon-14 are of the same element, carbon. this means that they have the same number of protons and the same number of electrons - just different numbers of...
1 Answers 1 viewsThe most important thing to keep in mind here is that are atoms that have the same number of protons inside their nuclei. In other words, an isotope...
1 Answers 1 viewsAnd so $""^14C$ necessarily has 6 nuclear protons. And to account for the remaining mass there are 8 $"nucular"$ neutrons. Because the atom is neutral, there must be electrons, in...
1 Answers 1 viewsare given by the name of the element and the . Here boron-11 means the name of the element is boron and the mass number is 11. We are...
1 Answers 1 viewsThe mass of an atom depends on the number of massive particles. These include (i) the protons, fundamental nuclear particles with unit positive charge, and (ii), the neutrons, fundamental neutral...
1 Answers 1 viewsAnd $Z$ defines the identity of the element: $Z=1,H;Z=2,He;..........Z=6,C;........Z=37, Ru...........$ You don't have to remember these numbers, because a Periodic Table will be supplied to you in every test of...
1 Answers 1 viewsIsotope $A$ has 12 nuclear particles. Since there are 6 protons, the element $A$ is $""^12C$, and $B$ is $""^14C$. I can define the identity of the element and its...
1 Answers 1 views$Z$, $"the atomic number"$ of magnesium is 12. This means that there are 12 positively charged nuclear particles. This defines the particle as a magnesium atom. To represent the $""^24Mg$...
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