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OXYGEN-18

O-18 in the form of water for Medical Applications

O-18

Oxygen-18 is used to create tailored organochemical compounds labelled with the radio isotope F-18 (for example, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy glucose). These are used for Positron Emission Tomography (PET), the latest cancer diagnostic technique.

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Physical Properties:

O-18 – Oxygen-18 in the form of water

Material

O-18  Enrichment

O-18 > 98.0 at%

O-17  Enrichment

O-17 < 2 at%

O-16  Enrichment

O-16 < 2 at%

Purity

> 99.9 wt%

TOC

< 1 μg/g

6 – 8

pH

Conductivity

< 2 μS/cm

Pyrogen

< 0.25 EU/ml

passed test

Sterility

Specification

Impurities in ppm

Cathions:

Al

< 0.05

Ca

< 0.1

Cu

< 0.01

Fe

< 0.01

K

< 0.1

Mg

< 0.05

Na

< 1

Si

< 1

Zn

< 0.05

Anions:

Br

< 0.5

Cl

< 0.5

F

< 0.05

NO2

< 0.1

NO3

< 0.05

PO4

< 0.05

SO4

< 0.1

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