nitrogen-14

E368991

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
nitrogen-14 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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