Carbon-14 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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 |