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Kinetics of nuclear reactions or nuclear chemistry
Question

The analysis of a mineral of uranium reveals that ratio of moles of 206Pb and 238U in sample is 0.2. If effective decay constant of process   238U206Pb is  λ then age of rock is(assuming the only source of Pb in the mineral is U).

Moderate
Solution

Uaxpbx

xax=15x=a6

t=1λlnaax=1λlnaaa6

=1λln65

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