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This species corresponds to the 45 peak when quantifying it using IRMS. Polarization is transferred onto this species to determine its chemical identity in a technique called DEPT. This is the lighter of two species whose concentration is diluted in the Suess effect. The use of this isotope's concentration (-5[1])to detect synthetic testosterone, adulterated food, and infer prehistoric diets (15[1])comes from its different isotopic signatures in C3 and C4 (*) photosynthesis. Chemical shifts between 0 (10[1])and 220 ppm are detected in a form of NMR using this isotope, the second most-common (10[1])form after (-5[1])proton NMR. This stable isotope's natural ratio is 1.1%, and has one fewer neutron than a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 5700 years. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this isotope of Carbon that has seven neutrons. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: carbon-13 [or C-13; prompt on carbon; reject “carbon-12” or “carbon-14”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AWaterloo Aspidistra48-5
James WangOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomWaterloo Basic5815
Ethen SunToronto BToronto Disband the Club 2k247310
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A8910
Asha BasuMcGill AWaterloo Cloze91-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraToronto A11510
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaToronto Metropolitan A115-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha12810
James TangWaterloo ClozeMcGill A12810

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