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A rock recovered from far underground is found to contain 0.86 mg of U238, 0.15 mg ofP206b , and 1.6 mg ofA40r . How muchK40 will it likely contain? Assume thatK40 decays to onlyA40r with a half-life of1.25109y . Also assume thatU238 has a half-life of4.47109y .

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The rock will contain 1.7 mg ofK40 .

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01

The given data

a) Mass of U238 ,mU=0.86mg

b) Mass ofP206b ,mPb=0.15mg

c) Mass of A40r, mAr=0.86mg

d) Hal-life ofA40r , T1/2Ar=1.25109y

e) Half-life ofU238 ,T1/2,U=4.47109y

02

Understanding the concept of decay  

The rock at the time of formation was having only uranium and thus with every decay of one uranium atom, we get one lead atom. Thus, the change in the number of atoms of uranium atoms is also the production of lead atoms through the decay of uranium. Similarly, the decay of potassium only to argon through the beta decay process also marks that one potassium atom decay gives rise to an argon atom. Thus, using this concept in the mass of potassium, we can get the required value.

Formulae:

The disintegration constant,=ln2T1/2 (1)

where,T1/2is the half-life of the substance.

The undecayed sample remaining after a given time,N=N0e-t (2)

The number of undecayed atoms in a given mass of a substance,

N=mANA,whereNA=6.0221023atom/mol (3)

where A is the molar mass of the substance.

03

Calculation of the mass of potassium in the rock

At first, we can get the age of the rock using masses ofU238andP206b . As the initial mass of the uranium can be given as:mU0=mu+238206mPb

Thus, using equation (1) in equation (2) and the above value, we can get the age of the rock as follows:

t=T1/2ln2lnmu+238206mPbmufromequation3,Nm=4.47109yln2ln1+2382060.15mg0.86mg=1.18109y

Now, for the -decay of K40, the initial mass of K40(using the same concept of uranium) is given by, (as given in the problem thatK40 decays only toA40r )

mK0=mK+4040mAr=mK+mAr

So using equations (1) and (2), the mass ofK40in the rock can be given as:

mK=mK0e-ln2T1/2tfromequation3NmmK=mK+mAre-ln2T1/2tmK=mKe-ln2T1/2t+mAre-ln2T1/2tmK1-e-ln2T1/2t=mAre-ln2T1/2tmK=mAre-ln2T1/2t1-e-ln2T1/2tmK=mAr1-e-ln2T1/2t-1mK=1.6mgeln21.25109y1.18109Y-1mK=1.7mg

Hence, the amount of is K40in 1.7 mg the rock.

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