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¹⁸F

Fluorine-18

Radioactive· Half-life: 1.83 h

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

9

Neutrons (N)

9

Mass Number (A)

18

Atomic Mass

18.000937AMU

Spin / Parity

1+

Binding E/A

7.376keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

1.83 h

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

β⁺

100.0%

Decay Chain

¹⁸FFluorine1.83 h

β⁺100.0%

¹⁸OOxygenSTABLE

2-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown

Other Isotopes of Fluorine

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Medical Applications

DiagnosticF-18

PET scanning with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)

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