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deuterium /deu·te·ri·um/ (D) (doo-ter´e-um) see hydrogen.
deuterium (dootēr´ē  m), a stable isotope of the hydrogen atom, used as a tracer. Also called heavy hydrogen. Deuterium oxide, or heavy water, is formed from an isotope of hydrogen, which has twice the weight of ordinary hydrogen (hence the name). deuterium the mass 2 isotope of hydrogen, symbol 2H or D; it is available as a gas or heavy water and is used as a tracer or indicator in studying metabolism. |
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I find it interesting that when we didn't find as much deuterium as we expected near the sun, we assumed it's hidden by dust ("Too Much Deuterium? There, technicians trained in handling nuclear materials would add the tritium or deuterium composites that turn a plain old fission bomb into a massive thermonuclear fusion bomb. According to D2Fusion CEO Russ George, "Helium is the definitive 'nuclear ash' proving the occurrence of deuterium nuclei fusion in highly energetic reactions. |
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