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Deuterium

Deuterium (hydrogen-2, symbol 2H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen; the other is protium, or hydrogen-1, 1H. The deuterium nucleus (deuteron) contains one proton and one neutron, whereas the far more common 1H has no neutrons.

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Excess energy
13135.720±0.001 keV
Half-life (t1/2)
stable
Isotope mass
2.0141017778 Da
Names
Deuterium, hydrogen-2
Natural abundance
0.0156% (Earth)
Neutrons (N)
1

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Differences from common hydrogen (protium)

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Antideuterium and the antideuteron

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Deuterium

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Avg. degree1.99
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Deuterium

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related to External links · 25
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related to "Heavy water" experiments in World War II · 15
Deuterium → Allied, At, Britain, During World War II, France, Halban, Hans, Lew Kowarski, Nazi Germany, Norway, Norwegian, Shortly, Such, Ultimately, Vemork
related to Abundance · 14
Deuterium → Big Bang, D2, Earth, Gamma, HD, HDO, However, Jupiter, Similarly, Solar System, Sun, The, There, Universe
related to In thermonuclear weapons · 14
Deuterium → At, Fission, In, Ivy Mike, November, Pure, Released, The, The Ivy Mike, Then, Tsar Bomba, United States, When, Within
related to Naming of the isotope and Nobel Prize · 14
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related to Big Bang nucleosynthesis · 13
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related to Data for molecular deuterium · 9
Deuterium → Atomic, D2, Da, Density, Formula, Mean, Pa, STP, VSMOW
related to Tracing · 9
Deuterium → Earth's, Evaporative, GMWL, In, It, Measurements, Stable, The, This
related to Physical properties · 8
Deuterium → Bonds, Compared, Earth, H2O, MPa, Pharmaceutical, The, There
related to Spectroscopy · 8
Deuterium → Bohr, Dirac, Doppler, For, In, Rydberg, Schrödinger, The

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hydrogen water heavy nuclear neutron energy also spin fusion proton state mass one used deuteron 2h isospin neutrons ratio protium

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DeuteriumExcess energy13135.720±0.001 keV1.00infobox
DeuteriumHalf-life (t1/2)stable1.00infobox
DeuteriumIsotope mass2.0141017778 Da1.00infobox
DeuteriumNamesDeuterium, hydrogen-21.00infobox
DeuteriumNatural abundance0.0156% (Earth)1.00infobox
DeuteriumNeutrons (N)11.00infobox
DeuteriumNuclear binding energy2224.57±0.20 keV1.00infobox
DeuteriumProtons .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(Z)11.00infobox
DeuteriumSpin1+1.00infobox
DeuteriumSymbol2H1.00infobox
Deuteriumis asuperposition0.90text
Deuteriumis amost common nuclide used in fusion reactor designs0.90text

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