A rare isotope of carbon is carbon-14. The carbon-14 is radioactive and decays to produce nitrogen-14 and an electron. As carbon-14 is radioactive, it decays at a similar rate possessing a half-life of about 5700 years. The isotope is found in all the living things and is generally used to find the age of remains. The process of finding the age of the remains is known as radiocarbon dating. However, the carbon-14 is not a stable component, and this is the reason why it undergoes radioactive decay.
The sub-atomic particles of an atom are the proton, electron and the neutron. An electron has a charge of -1 and a smaller
mass than a proton. Proton has the same mass with the neutron. The ratio
between the mass of a proton and an electron is about 2000. An electron has an
equal value but negative charge with the proton.
