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deuterium
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1933, coined by U.S. chemist Harold C. Urey, with Modern Latin ending + Greek deuterion , neuter of deuterios "having second place," from deuteros "next, second," according to some sources from duo (see two ), but according to Watkins the ground sense is ...
Wikipedia
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Deuterium (symbol or , also known as heavy hydrogen ) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen . The nucleus of deuterium, called a deuteron , contains one proton and one neutron , whereas the far more common hydrogen isotope, protium , has no neutron ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context isotope English) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - (nuclide 2 1 H). 2 An atom of this isotope.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) [syn: heavy hydrogen ]
Usage examples of deuterium.
This made economic sense, because Canada had lots of natural uranium and a great deal of hydroelectric power, and during off-peak times this surplus electricity could be used to separate deuterium from hydrogen by electrolysis to make heavy water.
The fusion of helium3 and deuterium releases no neutrons, but there would be some side deuterium-deuterium reactions in any system using this fuel combination.
The egg-shaped shell was a miniature laser array with a deuterium pellet at the heart of it.
When the lasers fired, their beams heated and compressed the deuterium into a fusion explosion.
The deuterium, converted to sun-hot plasma by the energy of its own fusion, ripped down the channel of the barrel and devoured everything in its path.
It was immediately stuffed with a tiny snowball made of frozen deuterium and tritium.
After replacing the supply of deuterium, using the gas giant known to be there, the travelers might decide to go on rather than return.
The dark metal globe which comprised most of its body, which would contain the frozen deuterium that would power the vessel, seemed to mirror the hopes and fears of those who had planned the voyage.
The top of the core ascended past her eye level, and climbed steadily upward toward the deuterium injector valves.
Conlon would be finished with the deuterium injector in a few minutes, then would go below to help Stevens.
Gomez looked up and noticed Conlon was climbing down from the deuterium injector.
Turn on the kitchen tap and filter out enough deuterium in five minutes to run the house for a year.
Instead of a microgram of deuterium being fused and giving off a puff of energy, a quarter ton of lithium and heavier metals will explode.
On the other side of that wall was the reactor itself, where the energy from the lasers was concentrated on micropellets of deuterium fuel.
Cut off the light that the lasers were pouring into the deuterium fuel pellets and the reactor would shut down.