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fluorine-18

fluorine-18 noun: an artificial radioisotope of fluorine, 189F, having 9 protons and 9 neutrons, that is an important industrial source of positrons.

Noun

fluorine-18 (uncountable)

  1. An artificial radioisotope of fluorine, 189F, having 9 protons and 9 neutrons, that is an important industrial source of positrons

Questions about fluorine-18

What does fluorine-18 mean?
Fluorine-18 means an artificial radioisotope of fluorine, 189F, having 9 protons and 9 neutrons, that is an important industrial source of positrons.
What part of speech is fluorine-18?
Fluorine-18 is a noun.

Words near fluorine-18 in the dictionary

  1. fluorine method
  2. fluorine oxide
  3. fluorine oxides
  4. fluorine test
  5. fluorine tests
  6. fluorine-18
  7. fluorine-19
  8. fluorinelike
  9. fluorines
  10. fluorinous
  11. fluorins

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