Question

What is the radioactive isotope of carbon?

a.) carbon dioxide
b.) carbon 14
c.) carbon 12
d.) diamond

Answer 1

carbon dioxide is a compound of carbon, diamond is a form of carbon, carbon 12 is not radioactive

Answer 2

isotopes are named as [element]-[atomic number]

Answer 3

for example helium-4 means that its atomic number is 4 which means that it has 2 neutrons

Answer 4

The isotope used in much radioactive dating is Carbon-14.

Answer 5

so is that the answer or what?

Answer 6

What do you think? We try not to give answers.

Answer 7

i dont know, im not a physics person.

Answer 8

Re-read what has been written here and you will draw the right conclusion, without any physics knowledge.

Answer 9

Isotopes are different forms of elements that have the same number protons and electrons, but different number of neutrons, thus have a different atomic number (sum of number of proton and number of neutron)

Answer 10

Carbon dioxide is a compound of carbon, diamond is an allotrope of carbon

Answer 11

carbon-12 is a stable isotope of carbon