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taurus [48]
3 years ago
14

Describe why a C-14 atom is radioactive and explain how it decays.

Chemistry
1 answer:
notka56 [123]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

C-14 is radioactive because it contains 6 protons and 8 neutrons instead of 6 and 6 found in ordinary carbon. This imbalance causes the atom to be radioactive.

Being radioactive causes the C-14 to decay. It decays using a process called beta decay.

Beta decay makes the atom of C-14 decay into an atom of 14N during which one of the neutrons in the carbon atom turns into a proton.

Explanation:

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