Home
Class 12
CHEMISTRY
The ""^(14)C content of a piece of wood ...

The `""^(14)C` content of a piece of wood after it is cut from a tree :

A

decreases

B

increases

C

remains same

D

piece of wood does not have

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
A
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • MOCK TEST PAPER 5

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise QUESTION|57 Videos

  • ORGANIC CHEMISTRY : SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise Recent Examination Questions|8 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

C^(14) is

The activity of an old piece of wood is just one fourth of a fresh piece of wood. If half life period of ""^(14)C is about 6000 years, the age of old piece of wood is:

heart wood differs from sapwood in

If the DNA content of a cell is 2C after M phase, what will be the DNA content of the cells at G_(1), after S and at G_(2)

India rose wood tree is a common name of

Is the force of gravity stronger on a piece of iron than on a piece of wood if both have the same mass?

The half life for radioactive decay of ""^(14)C is 5730 years. An archaeological artifact containing wood had only 80% of the ""^(14)C found in a living tree. Estimate the age of the sample .

A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood with a solid cylinder of graphite filled in the interior. The diameter of the pencil is 7 mm and the diameter of the graphite is 1 mm. If the length of the pencil is 14 cm, find the volume of the wood and that of the graphite.

Present age of father is 42 years and that of his son is 14 ears. Find the ratio of ( c) Age of father after 10 years to the age of son after 10 years.

MODERN PUBLICATION-NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY-Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Which particle is used to bombard ""(13)^(28)Al to give ""(15)^(31)P ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Lead containers are generally used for storing radioactive materials. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The ""^(14)C content of a piece of wood after it is cut from a tree :

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Nuclear energy is the result of conversion of :

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The half-life period of a radioactive substance is 140 days. After 560...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. During the fission of U-235, a large amount of energy of the order of ...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. The half life period of a particular isotope is 10 years. Its decay co...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. The half life period of a radioactive isotope of X is 15 hours. How lo...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The half life period of a radioactive substance is 5.27 years (decay c...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A certain radioactive substance has half life period of 10 days. How l...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. The activity of an old piece of wood is just one fourth of a fresh pie...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Eight grams of a radioactive substance is reduced to 0.5 g after 1 hou...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A radioactive substance having a half life period of 5 days was receiv...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Carbon-14 has a half life period of 5760 years. 100 mg of sample conta...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Wooden artifact and freshly cut tree are having 7.6 and 15.2 counts mi...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. The half life period of a radioactive substance having radioactive dis...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Starting with 10 g of a radioactive substance 0.1 gis left after 10 da...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The half life period of a radioactive nucleide is 1 hour. In three hou...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The half life period of a radioactive element is 120 days. Starting wi...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A certain nucleide has half life period of 30 min. If a sample contain...

    Text Solution

    |