Q.

A sample of  14CO2 was to be mixed with ordinary CO2 for a biological tracer experiment. In order that 10cm3 of diluted gas should have 104 dis/min, what activity (in μCi)) of radio active carbon is needed to prepare 60 L of diluted gas at 1 atm and 273 K?

1Ci=3.7×1010dps

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a

2.7 μCi

b

270 μCi

c

2700 μCi

d

27 μCi

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Lets we have 

60×10310×10460×13.7×1010

=0.27×104Ci

=27 μCi

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