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Isotopes

jyoticlub
in Inorganic Chemistry

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I have heard of carbon-12 and carbon-14 but not carbon-13

 

Can you please help me.

Ummmmmm............... what? I've heard of many things before but never heard of a lot of things. Maybe you could help me out as well?

Heres some information for you :)

 

Here some more information on all the Carbon isotopes for you :)

 

Carbon-12

Natural Abundance: 98.9%

Stability: Stable

 

Carbon-13

Natural Abundance: 1.1%

Stability: Stable

 

Carbon-14

Natural Abundance: trace

Stability: Unstable

Half-life: 5730 years

 

Decay Mode: Beta

Decay Energy: 0.156

Decay Product: Nitrogen-14

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

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