kjasvinder627 kjasvinder627
  • 25-05-2022
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Why does the C-14 ratio decrease after an organism dies? (explain in words and write the nuclear decay equation that occurs.)

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samanthak124 samanthak124
  • 25-05-2022
Carbon-14 decays slowly in a living organism, and the amount lost is continually replenished as long as the organism takes in air or food. Once the organism dies, however, it ceases to absorb carbon-14, so that the amount of the isotope in its tissues steadily decreases.
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