Isotopes of carbon

Carbon has two stable, naturally occurring isotopes, carbon-12 and carbon-13.

Atomic weight

Symbol	Z(p)	N(n)	Mass/u	Excess energy MeV	Binding energy MeV	β⁻-decay energy MeV	Nuclear spin	Half life	Decay mode, energy
Symbol	Excitation energy/MeV			Excess energy MeV	Binding energy MeV	β⁻-decay energy MeV	Nuclear spin	Half life	Decay mode, energy
⁸C	6	2	8.037 675(25)	35.094(23)	3.0978(29)	—	0	2.0(4) zs	2p (100%)
Sources: Except as otherwise noted, isotopic masses and associated energies are taken from the AME 2003 dataset^[1] decay properties are taken from NUBASE 2003.^[2]

↑ Wapstra, A. H.; Audi, G.; Thibault, C. The AME2003 atomic mass evaluation (I). Evaluation of input data, adjustment procedures. Nucl. Phys. A 2003, 729, 129–336. DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.002. Wapstra, A. H.; Audi, G.; Thibault, C. The AME2003 atomic mass evaluation (II). Tables, graphs, and references. Nucl. Phys. A 2003, 729, 337–676. DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.003. Data tables.;
↑ Audi, G.; Bersillon, O.; Blachot, J.; Wapstra, A. H. The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties. Nucl. Phys. A 2003, 729, 3–128. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001, <http://amdc.in2p3.fr/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf>.

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