nitrogen-14

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Nitrogen-14 is the most abundant stable isotope of nitrogen and a key intermediate nucleus in stellar fusion processes such as the CNO (Bethe–Weizsäcker) cycle.

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nitrogen-14 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nitrogen isotope
nuclide
stable isotope
actsAs bottleneck nucleus in CNO cycle
atomicNumber 7
belongsToElement nitrogen
bindingEnergyPerNucleonApproxMeV 7.47
category isotopes of nitrogen
chemicalSymbol N-14
destroyedBy proton capture to form oxygen-15 in stars
discoveredAsIsotopeBy Frederick Soddy
dominantIsotopeIn Earth atmosphere nitrogen
elementSymbol N
formedBy proton capture on carbon-13 in stars
fractionOfAtmosphericNitrogen about 0.99
hasIsotopicPairWith nitrogen-15
hasQuadrupoleMoment true
isotopicCompositionStandard reference for δ15N measurements
isotopicRatioWithNitrogen15Notation 14N/15N
isStable true
massNumber 14
mostAbundantIsotopeOf nitrogen
naturalAbundanceInNitrogen 0.99636
naturalAbundanceInNitrogenPercent 99.636
neutronNumber 7
nuclearMagneticMomentSign positive
nuclearSpin 1
nuclearSpinParity 1+
occursIn Earth atmosphere
presentIn amino acids
ammonium compounds
atmospheric dinitrogen (N2)
nitrate compounds
nucleic acids
proteins
producedIn Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle
Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle
surface form: CNO cycle
radioactive false
roleInStellarFusion key intermediate nucleus in CNO cycle
standardAtomicWeightApprox 14.003074
usedAs baseline for δ15N notation
reference isotope in stable nitrogen isotope geochemistry
usedIn Mössbauer spectroscopy of nitrogen compounds
dating of some geological and environmental processes via 14N/15N ratios
nuclear magnetic resonance of nitrogen-containing compounds
studies of nitrogen cycle in ecology
tracing biochemical nitrogen pathways

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Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle involves nitrogen-14
nitrogen-15 contrastWith nitrogen-14