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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.
| Carbon-13 | Isotopes of Carbon | Nitrogen-18 Boron-14 | Decay chain | Decays to: Nitrogen-14 |
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