carbon-12

English

Noun

carbon-12 (uncountable)

1. (physics) The most abundant of the two stable isotopes of carbon, ¹²₆C, having six protons and six neutrons; it is the standard for atomic weight and is used to define the mole.

Related terms

• carbon-13
• carbon-14

Translations

isotope of carbon

• Finnish: hiili-12
• Swedish: kol-12