Carbon-14

   

Carbon-14 is the radioactive isotope of carbon discovered February 27, 1940, by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben. Its presence in organic materials is used in radiocarbon dating.

The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. It decays into nitrogen-14 through beta-decay.


Isotopes of Carbon Carbon-13 Carbon-15
Decay chain Produced from:
Nitrogen-18
Boron-14 		Decays to:
Nitrogen-14


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