In general, things formed closer to the sun have
less deuterium than things formed farther out.
In general, things formed closer to the sun have
less deuterium than things formed further out.
Not exact matches
«By comparing our calculations with cosmological observables, such as the
deuterium abundance,» says Grohs, «we can use our BURST computer code to test theories regarding neutrinos, along with other — even
less understood — particles.
Momota is
less generous: «I have known for 20 years that
deuterium - tritium fusion can never be commercialised,» he says.
Since the lighter version escapes more often, over time, the Martian atmosphere has
less and
less hydrogen compared to the amount of
deuterium remaining.
In principle, odorant isotopomers provide a possible test of shape vs. vibration mechanisms: replacing, for example, hydrogen with
deuterium in an odorant leaves the ground - state conformation of the molecule unaltered while doubling atomic mass and so altering the frequency of all its vibrational modes to a greater or
lesser extent [11].
That Venus had a primordial ocean, with most of the water subsequently lost to space, is confirmed by the present enrichment of
deuterium over ordinary hydrogen by a factor of 100 [107], the heavier
deuterium being
less efficient in escaping gravity to space.