Estimate the Age of a Bottled Wine That Has a Tritium

question 29

Multiple Choice

Estimate the age of a bottled wine that has a tritium, ³H, content 60% that of freshly bottled wine.Tritium decays by beta decay and has a half-life of 12.3 yr.

• A)0.029 yr
• B)7.4 yr
• C)9.1 yr
• D)16 yr
• E)35 yr

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