Periodic Table/Carbon/¹⁸C

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¹⁸C

Carbon-18

Radioactive· Half-life: 92.0 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

6

Neutrons (N)

12

Mass Number (A)

18

Atomic Mass

18.026752AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

6.256keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

92.0 ms

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

β⁻

100.0%

β⁻n

31.5%

2n

Decay Chain

¹⁸CCarbon92.0 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n¹⁷N31.5%

2n¹⁶C

¹⁸NNitrogen619 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻α¹⁴C12.2%

β⁻n¹⁷O7.00%

2n¹⁶N

¹⁸OOxygenSTABLE

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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