Periodic Table/Carbon/¹⁴C

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¹⁴C

Carbon-14

Radioactive· Half-life: 5.70 ky

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

6

Neutrons (N)

8

Mass Number (A)

14

Atomic Mass

14.003242AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.301keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

5.70 ky

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

β⁻

100.0%

Decay Chain

¹⁴CCarbon5.70 ky

β⁻100.0%

¹⁴NNitrogenSTABLE

2-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown

Other Isotopes of Carbon

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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