oxygen-16

noun

The major stable isotope of oxygen, 168O, having eight protons and eight neutrons; it amounts to over 99% of the element in nature

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nounoxygen-16 (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesThe major stable isotope of oxygen, 168O, having eight protons and eight neutrons; it amounts to over 99% of the element in nature
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