JEE Advanced 2006
- Exam
- JEE Advanced
- Year
- 2006
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Chemical Kinetics
JEE Advanced 2006 · Chemistry · Chemical Kinetics
Paragraph: Carbon-14 is used to determine the age of organic...
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Carbon-14 is used to determine the age of organic material. The procedure is based on the formation of by neutron capture in the upper atmosphere.
{ }_7^{14} \mathrm{~N}+{ }_0^1 n \longrightarrow{ }_6^{14} \mathrm{C}+{ }_1 n¹
is absorbed by living organisms during photosynthesis. The content is constant in living organism once the plant or animal dies, the uptake of carbon dioxide by it ceases and the level of in the dead being, falls to the decay which undergoes.
{ }_6^{14} \mathrm{C} \longrightarrow{ }_7^{14} The half life period of is 5770 years. The decay constant can be calculated by using the following formula .
The comparison of the activity of the dead matter with that of the carbon still in circulation enables measurement of the period of the isolation of the material from the living cycle. The method however, ceases to be accurate over periods longer than 30,000 years. The proportion of to in living matter is .Question:
Which of the following option is correct?
Options
- AIn living organisms, circulation of from atmosphere is high so the carbon content is constant in organism.
- BCarbon dating can be used to find out the age of earth crust and rocks.
- CRadioactive absorption due to cosmic radiation is equal to the rate of radioactive decay, hence the carbon content remains constant in living organisms.
- DCarbon dating can not be used to determine concentration of in dead beings.
Correct answer
C. Radioactive absorption due to cosmic radiation is equal to the rate of radioactive decay, hence the carbon content remains constant in living organisms.
Step-by-step solution
Radioactive absorption due to cosmic radiation is equal to the rate of radioactive decay, hence the carbon content as the ratio of to remains constant in living organism.