If carbon-14 is a beta emitter, what is the likely product of radioactive decay?
A)nitrogen-14
B)carbon-12
C)oxygen-18
D)beryllium-10
E)none of the above

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When carbon-14 undergoes beta decay, it emits an electron (beta particle) and an antineutrino, transforming a neutron into a proton. This increases the atomic number by 1, turning carbon (atomic number 6) into nitrogen (atomic number 7) while keeping the mass number the same, resulting in nitrogen-14.

If Carbon-14 Is a Beta Emitter, What Is the Likely