CARBON12

Carbon-12

Carbon-12 is the more abundant of the two stable isotopes of the element carbon, accounting for 98.89% of carbon; it contains six protons, six neutrons and six electrons. Its abundance is due to the Triple-alpha process by which it is created in stars.

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