NCIt synonyms : Carbon-14; Carbon, Isotope of Mass 14; C-14; 14 Carbon;
NCIt definition : An unstable isotope of carbon created when a neutron collides with a nitrogen atom,
causing capture of the neutron and release of the proton converting nitrogen to a
carbon with fourteen nucleons (6 protons and 8 neutrons). Carbon-14 emits beta particles
as it decays and reverts back to nitrogen.;