oxygen-18
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oxygen-18
[′äk·sə·jən ā′tēn] (nuclear physics)
Oxygen isotope with atomic weight 18; found 8 parts to 10,000 of oxygen-16 in water, air, and rocks; used in tracer experiments. Also known as heavy oxygen.
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Earlier on February 04, Salehi opened a plant in Arak Heavy Water Complex to produce
oxygen 18 with 97% purity with wide applications in medical industry.
The present study was focussed on stable carbon 13 and
oxygen 18 isotopic analysis based on data from two stratigraphically importantsections.
In this case, the researchers detected elevated levels of the isotope
oxygen 18 in comparison with the more commonly found oxygen 16.
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