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Carbon-11 Full table
General
Name, symbol	Carbon-11,¹¹C
Neutrons	5
Protons	6
Nuclide data
Half-life	20.38 minutes
Decay products	¹¹B
Spin	-3/2
Decay mode	Decay energy
Positron emission	0.45 MeV

Decay scheme of ¹¹C

Carbon-11 or ¹¹C is a radioactive isotope of carbon. It decays 100% by positron emission to Boron-11. It has a half-life of 20.38 min.

C

→

B

+

e⁺

+

ν_e

+

0.45

Carbon-11 is very much used as a radioisotope to radioactive labeling of molecules in positron emission tomography. Among the many molecules used in this context is the radioligand [¹¹C]DASB.

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2009,05,21

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