heavy oxygen
Americannoun
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These can arise on land when water interacts with rock to form clays; when the clays get melted down, zircons that form from the magma can inherit the heavy oxygen isotope signature.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024
In addition to being one of the oldest meteorites ever discovered, it is also the only meteorite that contains cosmic symplectite — or very heavy oxygen isotopes.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2021
Hardest hit was Associated Press Photographer Henry Griffin, 46, who had to take deep draughts from a heavy oxygen tank he toted on his back.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the world's leading producer of "heavy oxygen," the institute supplies these radioactive isotopes for tracer work to labs around the globe.
From Time Magazine Archive
To obtain it they used a 35-ft. vertical tube designed by Columbia's George B. Pegram for the separation of heavy oxygen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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