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The Age of Things:Sticks, Stones and the Universe
The Physics of Carbon 14
http://cfcp.uchicago.edu/~mmhedman/compton1.html
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The Basic Idea of Carbon 14
Willard F. Libby, inventor of Carbon-14 Dating
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Nomenclature
+ Proton
Neutron
Electron
Carbon 12 Carbon 14
Nitrogen 14
6 protons6 neutrons6 electrons
7 protons7 neutrons7 electrons
6 protons8 neutrons6 electrons
Same Element, Different Isotopes
Carbon 126 protons6 neutrons6 electrons
Element: Number of Protons
Isotope: Number of Neutrons (Same No. of Protons)
Different Elements
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Warning!AstrophysicistTalking AboutNuclearPhysics!
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Why are nuclei stable? Because….
E = m c2
Just a number
Energy Mass
Any object with mass also contains a certain amount of energy
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Why are nuclei stable? Because….
E = m c2
Just a number
Energy Mass:
Intrinsic quality of an object
Determines how the object moves in response to forced
More Mass
Less Mass
Same Push
Less Motion
More Motion
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Why are nuclei stable? Because….
E = m c2
Just a number
Energy:
A conserved quantity (energy can change form, but not be created or destroyed) The potential to cause motion
Mass:
Intrinsic quality of an object
Determines how the object moves in response to forced
Less velocity, less Kinetic Energy
More velocity, more Kinetic Energy
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Why are nuclei stable? Because….
E = m c2
Just a number
Energy:
A conserved quantity (energy can change form, but not be created or destroyed) The potential to cause motion
Mass:
Intrinsic quality of an object
Determines how the object moves in response to forced
m
Energy = E
m
Energy = E + E
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Nuclear Stability
Mass of Carbon-12 < Mass of 6 protons + Mass of 6 Neutrons
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Nuclear Stability
Mass of Carbon-12 < Mass of 6 protons + Mass of 6 Neutrons
Energy of Carbon-12 < Energy of 6 protons + Energy of 6 Neutrons
Since E = m c2……
So, energy must be supplied to the nucleus to break it into its component parts. The nucleus cannot break apart on its own.
A nucleus can only only decay if the products of the decay have less mass than the original nucleus
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Nuclear Stability
Mass of Initial State > Mass of Final State
Energy of Carbon-12 < Energy of 6 protons + Energy of 6 Neutrons
Since E = m c2……
Mass of Carbon-12 < Mass of 6 protons + Mass of 6 Neutrons
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Three Types of Nuclear Decay
electron
neutrino
Helium Nucleus
photon
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Carbon 14 Nitrogen 14
electron
neutrino
This is an allowed transformation (beta-decay)
Mass of Carbon 14 > Mass of Nitrogen 14 etc. so the transformation can occur without
an external source of energy
Carbon 14 Decay
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Half-Life
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Half-Life
1/2
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Half-Life
1/4
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Half-Life
1/8
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Half-Life
1/16
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Another system with a half-life
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Another System with a Half-life
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Carbon 14 Nitrogen 14
electron
neutrinoOR
A nucleus can only exist in two definite forms
The probability the nucleus is in one of these forms has a half-life
This is a nice example of Quantum Mechanics
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Aside on Quantum Mechanics
Similar Calculations accurately describe the probability that a Carbon-14 atom has decayed.
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But, what happens when the probabilities become one particular answer
?No one really knows….
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Measuring Age with Carbon-14
Current amount of Carbon-14Original amount of Carbon-14R =
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Measuring Age with Carbon-14
Current fraction of Carbon-14Original fraction of Carbon-14R =
Fraction of Carbon-14 =Amount of Carbon 14
Amount of all types of Carbon
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Carbon-14 is produced by cosmic rays
Cosmic rays are nuclei that move through space at speeds approaching the speed of light.
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The Origin of Carbon-14: Cosmic Rays
Their origin is uncertain because they are deflected by magnetic fields.
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The paths of Cosmic Rays in the galaxy
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Cosmic Rays and Carbon-14
Cosmic Ray
Nitrogen Atoms in Atmosphere
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Cosmic Rays and Carbon-14
Violent collision between cosmic ray and nitrogen atom releases subatomic particles, including neutrons
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Cosmic Rays and Carbon-14
These neutrons eventually are captured into another Nitrogen nucleus
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Cosmic Rays and Carbon-14
The nucleus then throws off a proton, leaving behind a Carbon-14 atom
Currently, roughly 2 Carbon-14 atoms are produced every second per square centimeter at earth’s surface
Only one in 1,000,000,000,000 carbon atoms is a Carbon-14 atoms
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Measuring Age with Carbon-14
Current fraction of Carbon-14Original fraction of Carbon-14R =
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Measuring the current Carbon-14 fraction of objects
Carbon 14 Nitrogen 14
electron
neutrino
Carbon 12 Carbon 14
Carbon-14 is radioactive
Carbon-14 has extra mass
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Measuring Carbon-14: Decay Methods
Libby’s Measurement system
Libby’s curve of knowns
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If this rectangle represents all the Carbon-14 in an object
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If this rectangle represents all the Carbon-14 in an object
This square represents how muchCarbon-14 actually decays in a year
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Measuring the current Carbon-14 fraction of objects
Carbon 14 Nitrogen 14
electron
neutrino
Carbon 12 Carbon 14
Carbon-14 is radioactive
Carbon-14 has extra mass
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Measuring Carbon-14: Direct Counting with Mass Spectrometry
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In order to measure thetiny Carbon-14 content of most objects, we need
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
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Next Time
Correcting and using Carbon-14