Band of Stability

Half-life of Some Isotopes of Carbon

            Nuclide                Half-life

• Carbon-9               0.127 s

• Carbon-10              19.3 s

• Carbon-11              20.3 m

• Carbon-12              Stable

• Carbon-13              Stable

• Carbon-14              5715 y

• Carbon-15               2.45 s

• Carbon-16               0.75 s