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Carbon-14 Is Described as an Unstable Isotope Because It

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Carbon-14 is described as an unstable isotope because it


A) decays into a different isotope over time.
B) changes to carbon-12 faster than carbon-12 changes to carbon-14.
C) is more susceptible to radiation than is carbon-12.
D) never changes and is not a good isotope for radiometric dating.

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