Why are smaller nuclei such as carbon-14 often radioactive? (Carbon-12 is the most common and most stable form of carbon.)

A. The attractive force of the nucleons has a limited range.
B. Hmmm... mysterious are the ways of the force.
C. The isolated neutron is not stable and will undergo spontaneous transformation into a proton and an electron.
D. both A and B
E. none of the above


Answer: C

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