Carbon has a third isotope, named carbon-13. How many protons and neutrons are found in each atom of carbon-13. Carbon-13 is a stable isotope, like carbon-12. How useful would carbon-13 be for radiometric dating?
1 Answer
Jun 27, 2017
All carbon isotopes have 6 protons.
Explanation:
This is called the atomic number of the element.
To make it up to 13 in carbon-13, you will need 7 neutrons.
Stable isotopes are not useful at all in radio-dating, as they remain unchanged.
