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oxygen-18

oxygen-18 noun: a stable isotope of oxygen, 188O, with 8 protons and 10 neutrons; it amounts to about 0.2% of the element in nature.

Noun

oxygen-18 (uncountable)

  1. A stable isotope of oxygen, 188O, with 8 protons and 10 neutrons; it amounts to about 0.2% of the element in nature

Questions about oxygen-18

What does oxygen-18 mean?
Oxygen-18 means a stable isotope of oxygen, 188O, with 8 protons and 10 neutrons; it amounts to about 0.2% of the element in nature.
What part of speech is oxygen-18?
Oxygen-18 is a noun.

Words near oxygen-18 in the dictionary

  1. oxygen toxicity
  2. oxygen waster
  3. oxygen wasters
  4. oxygen-16
  5. oxygen-17
  6. oxygen-18
  7. oxygen-poor
  8. oxygenase
  9. oxygenases
  10. oxygenate
  11. oxygenated

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