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ChemistryChemistry & Chemical ReactivityOxygen-15 is used in the medical procedure called positron emission tomography. This isotope is prepared on a cyclotron from irradiation of nitrogen-14 with deuterium nuclei. It decays to nitrogen-15 by positron emission, and the positrons are annihilated when they collide with electrons, forming two gamma rays. Write equations for the three reactions described here.

Oxygen-15 is used in the medical procedure called positron emission tomography. This isotope is prepared on a cyclotron from irradiation of nitrogen-14 with deuterium nuclei. It decays to nitrogen-15 by positron emission, and the positrons are annihilated when they collide with electrons, forming two gamma rays. Write equations for the three reactions described here.

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ISBN: 9781337399074

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Oxygen-15 is used in the medical procedure called positron emission tomography. This isotope is prepared on a cyclotron from irradiation of nitrogen-14 with deuterium nuclei. It decays to nitrogen-15 by positron emission, and the positrons are annihilated when they collide with electrons, forming two gamma rays. Write equations for the three reactions described here.

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