9-F-18
 basic

 element
9-fluorine-18

Flourine-18 is used as FDG PET.
  • Atomic Mass: 18.0009377 +- 0.0000006 amu
  • Excess Mass: 873.431 +- 0.593 keV
  • Binding Energy: 137369.199 +- 0.593 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -4433.351 +- 1.613 keV
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
  • Spin: 1+
  • Half life: 109.77 min
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to O-18
    • Decay energy: 1.656 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from Ne-18
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
93747 ps3+ +1.6(2) IMPACJPJa 50 2804 (81)
+1.77(12) RIV/DTh Rowe (76)
!.7(2) RIGVHFI 4 183 (78)
1121153 ns5+ +2.86(3) TDPADPL B24 457 (67)
0.077(5) st [19F 197]TDPADTh Morgen (69)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.