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¹⁶C

Carbon-16

Radioactive· Half-life: 750 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

6

Neutrons (N)

10

Mass Number (A)

16

Atomic Mass

16.014701AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

6.730keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

750 ms

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

β⁻

100.0%

β⁻n

99.0%

Decay Chain

¹⁶CCarbon750 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n¹⁵N99.0%

¹⁶NNitrogen7.13 s

β⁻100.0%

β⁻α¹²C0.00%

¹⁶OOxygenSTABLE

3-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown · branching ratios indicated

Other Isotopes of Carbon

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

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