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carbon-13

carbon-13 noun: the less common of the two stable isotopes of carbon, 136C, having six protons and seven neutrons.

Noun

carbon-13 (uncountable)

  1. The less common of the two stable isotopes of carbon, 136C, having six protons and seven neutrons.

Questions about carbon-13

What does carbon-13 mean?
Carbon-13 means the less common of the two stable isotopes of carbon, 136C, having six protons and seven neutrons.
What part of speech is carbon-13?
Carbon-13 is a noun.

Words near carbon-13 in the dictionary

  1. carbon trades
  2. carbon trading
  3. carbon transmitter
  4. carbon transmitters
  5. carbon-12
  6. carbon-13
  7. carbon-13 NMR
  8. carbon-14
  9. carbon-based
  10. carbon-carbon bond
  11. carbon-carbon bonds

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