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What does carbon-12 mean?
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Carbon-12 is an isotope of Carbon. It is the most common isotope of carbon, as it accounts for 98.89% of all carbon. It is one of two stable (non-radioactive) isotopes, It can be written 12C.
Carbon-12 is important in Chemistry as it is the benchmark where all other atomic masses are worked out. It's atomic mass is exactly 12.
It is also used in carbon dating.
