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.

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The given wine has a tritium content of 60% that of freshly bottled wine. Since tritium has a half-life of 12.3 years, we can estimate the age of the wine as follows:

60% = (1/2)^(t/12.3)
t/12.3 = log(0.6)/log(0.5)
t = 9.1 years

Therefore, the estimated age of the bottled wine is 9.1 years.

Estimate the Age of a Bottled Wine That Has a Tritium,3H,content

Estimate the Age of a Bottled Wine That Has a Tritium,³H,content