The age of water or wine may be determined by measur ing its radioactive tritium (3H) content. Tritium, present in a steady state in nature, is formed primarily by cosmic irradiation of water vapor in the upper atmosphere and it decays spontaneously by a first-order process with a half life of 12.5 years. The formation reaction does not occur significantly inside a glass bottle at the surface of Earth. Calculate the age of a suspected vintage wine that is 20% as radioactive as a freshly bottled specimen. Would you recommend to a friend that he consider paying a premium price for the “vintage” wine?
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