Sentences with phrase «heavy oxygen atoms»

Lower temperatures cause more of the heavy carbon and heavy oxygen atoms to clump, or bind together, in this type of rock.

Because of Mars» relatively low gravity, the planet wasn't able to hold onto the very light hydrogen atoms, but the heavier oxygen atoms remained behind.

Not exact matches

His team put radio collars on the animals, injected them with water with heavy hydrogen and oxygen atoms so these elements could be traced, recorded the animals» behaviors, and collected their feces to check for how fast those atoms were used, an indicator of metabolic rate.

Normally, two atoms of hydrogen join to an oxygen atom to make a water molecule, but sometimes the heavy (and rare) deuterium takes a hydrogen atom's place.

While elements like oxygen, silicon, magnesium, and iron are much heavier atoms than hydrogen or helium, they are just not abundant enough to make a significant contribution on their own.