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Carbon 14 decays to Nitrogen 14 by beta emission, as follows:146C----> 147N + betaHow much energy, in MeV, is released?

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The energy of decay of a Carbon 14 atom to a Nitrogen 14 is 156.5 keV, then our final answer is:

E=0.1565MeV

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