Periodic Table/Carbon/²⁰C

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²⁰C

Carbon-20

Radioactive· Half-life: 16.0 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

6

Neutrons (N)

14

Mass Number (A)

20

Atomic Mass

20.040262AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

5.808keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

16.0 ms

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

β⁻

100.0%

β⁻n

70.0%

2n

18.6%

Decay Chain

²⁰CCarbon16.0 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n¹⁹N70.0%

2n¹⁸C18.6%

²⁰NNitrogen136 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n¹⁹O42.9%

2n¹⁸N

²⁰OOxygen13.5 s

β⁻100.0%

²⁰FFluorine11.0 s

β⁻100.0%

²⁰NeNeonSTABLE

5-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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