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carbon-13

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carbon-13 (uncountable)

(physics) the less common of the two stable isotopes of carbon, 6C, having six protons and seven neutrons

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Amthor (2003) describes evidence from Oman that indicates the carbon isotope excursion relates to a mass extinction: the disappearance of distinctive fossils from the Precambrian coincides exactly with the carbon-13 anomaly. Source: Internet

Physical and chemical details main In nature, carbon exists as two stable, nonradioactive isotopes : carbon-12 ( mainC ), and carbon-13 ( mainC ), and a radioactive isotope, carbon-14 ( mainC ), also known as "radiocarbon". Source: Internet

Full replacement with heavy atom isotopes can be accomplished in higher organisms with other non-radioactive heavy isotopes (such as carbon-13, nitrogen-15, and oxygen-18), but this cannot be done for the stable heavy isotope of hydrogen. Source: Internet

The isotope carbon-12 ( 12 C) forms 98.93% of the carbon on Earth, while carbon-13 ( 13 C) forms the remaining 1.07%. Source: Internet

The team reported that they had bombarded a curium target with carbon-13 ions for twenty-five hours in half-hour intervals. Source: Internet

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