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BIO Ancient Meat Eating. The amount of meat in prehistoric diets can be determin...

BIO Ancient Meat Eating. The amount of meat in prehistoric diets can be determined by measuring the ratio of the isotopes 15N to 14N in bone from human remains. Carnivores concentrate 15N, so this ratio tells archaeologists how much meat was consumed. For a mass spectrometer that has a path radius of 12.5 cm for 12C ions (mass 1.99 × 10-26 kg), find the separation of the 14N (mass 2.32 × 10-26 kg) and 15N (mass 2.49 × 10-26 kg) isotopes at the detector.

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