How can carbon-14 be converted to carbon-12?

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How can carbon-14 be converted to carbon-12?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-19T02:16:30

It can't.

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Carbon 14 (or $^{14} C$ $""^14C$ ) is an unstable isotope of carbon with 8 neutrons instead of the typical 6.

When $^{14} C$ $""^14C$ decays, it does so by beta decay, releasing a beta particle as one neutron becomes a proton. The product of the decay of $^{14} C$ $""^14C$ is nitrogen, $^{14} N$ $""^14N$ .

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