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<html> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://ie.lbl.gov:80/education/parent/C_iso.htm","20080301101549","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1204366549"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>C Isotopes</title> <body bgcolor="lemonchiffon" link="red" vlink="teal" alink="darkviolet"> <table cellspacing="10"><caption><h2> <font color="darkgreen">Isotopes of Carbon (Z=6)</font></h2> Click on an isotope to get more information about its decay </caption><tr><th><a href="/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm?Isotope"> Isotope</a> </th><th> <a href="/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm?HalfLife"> Half-life</a> </th><th align="left"> <a href="/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm?Spin">Spin</a> <a href="/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm?Parity"> Parity</a> </th><th align="left"> <a href="/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm?Decay"> Decay Mode(s)</a> or <a href="/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm?Abundance"> Abundance</a></th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60008"> 8</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">230 keV</th><th align="left">0+ </th><th align="left"> %XP=100 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60009"> 9</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">126.5 ms</th><th align="left"> (3/2-) </th><th align="left"> %EC+%B+=100, %ECP2A=? </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60010"> 10</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">19.255 s</th><th align="left">0+ </th><th align="left"> %EC+%B+=100 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60011"> 11</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">20.39 m</th><th align="left">3/2- </th><th align="left"> %EC+%B+=100 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60012"> 12</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left"> stable</th><th align="left">0+ </th><th align="left"> %Abundance=98.90 3 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60013"> 13</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">stable</th><th align="left">1/2- </th><th align="left"> %Abundance=1.10 3 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60014"> 14</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">5730 y</th><th align="left"> 0+ </th><th align="left"> %B-=100 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60015"> 15</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">2.449 s</th><th align="left"> 1/2+ </th><th align="left"> %B-=100 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60016"> 16</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">0.747 s</th><th align="left">0+ </th><th align="left"> %B-=100, %B-N > 98.8 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60017"> 17</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">193 ms</th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"> %B-=100, %B-N=32 3 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60018"> 18</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left">95 ms</th><th align="left"> 0+ </th><th align="left"> %B-=100, %B-N ~ 25 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60019"> 19</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left"> 46 ms</th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"> %B-=100, %B-N=47 3 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60020"> 20</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left"> 14 ms</th><th align="left"> 0+ </th><th align="left"> %B-=100, %B-N=72 14 </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60021"> 21</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"> </th></tr> <tr><th><sup><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=60022"> 22</sup>C </a> </th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"> 0+ </th><th align="left"> </th></tr> </table> <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/ensdf/"> Isotope Explorer Nuclear Structure and Decay Data</a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://www.wiley.com/legacy/products/subject/physics/toi/"> 8th Edition of the Table of Isotopes</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/ip.html">Isotopes Project Home Page<br></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://www.lbl.gov/">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a></body></html><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080301101549/http://ie.lbl.gov/education/isotopes.htm"> Return to Exploring the Isotopes</b>