Sentences with phrase «contains deuterium»

Inside is a polished beryllium sphere measuring 2 millimetres across (bottom centre), which contains deuterium and tritium, isotopes of hydrogen.

That's because during evaporation, water molecules containing deuterium, a heavy isotope of hydrogen made of one proton and one neutron, get left behind in the ocean.

Pons and Fleischmann asserted that passing a current through heavy water — water containing deuterium, a heavy isotope of hydrogen — between palladium electrodes produced a huge amount of heat.

The can's collapse must be nearly instantaneous and perfectly symmetrical to contain the deuterium plasma long enough to spark fusion.

His biggest concern is that Wurden may not be able to contain the deuterium plasma long enough.

A series of four of these pulses squeezes a small fuel pellet containing deuterium and tritium, both isotopes of hydrogen, causing the pellet to implode and briefly undergo fusion.

Finally, Webb will look at ratios of heavy water — water molecules that contain a deuterium atom instead of hydrogen — to water in the planet - forming disks, helping trace how the water formed and under what conditions.

Not exact matches

When surrounded by deuterium atoms (heavy hydrogen), that voltage gives the atoms an electric charge and then accelerates them into a nearby solid target containing additional deuterium.

The nucleus of a deuterium atom contains one proton and one neutron; in hydrogen, the proton stands alone.

Warmer air temperatures cause more water containing the heavier isotopes oxygen - 18 or deuterium to evaporate from the surrounding ocean.

Each element also has a naturally occurring stable isotope containing an extra neutron, termed C13 and deuterium, respectively.

Sea water contains an effectively limitless supply of deuterium.

Clarke will present IUVS measurements of hydrogen and deuterium — a form of hydrogen that contains a neutron and is heavier — on Oct. 19 at the planetary conference.

The team will then shoot beams of various neutron - rich ions at a plastic target full of deuterium, a heavy form of hydrogen in which the nucleus contains a proton and a neutron.

To avoid any confusion in the results due to the presence of water (which contains hydrogen), the researchers used deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, in the hydroxyl molecule, OD, to start the reaction.

Heavy water: Water containing a significantly greater proportion of heavy hydrogen (deuterium) atoms to ordinary hydrogen atoms than is found in ordinary (light) water.