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12<br />

C<br />

14<br />

C<br />

mass number<br />

13<br />

C<br />

• Carbon occurs naturally in three<br />

isotopes.<br />

• All of these atoms have the same<br />

number of protons but different<br />

numbers of neutrons.<br />

• The number of neutrons and protons<br />

determines the mass, so the masses<br />

are different.<br />

• 14 C is radioactive.

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