Sentences with phrase «retain deuterium»

But without exposure to oxygen, lithium films could retain deuterium at higher temperatures as a result of lithium - deuterium bonding during a PPPL experiment.

The experiments showed that the ability of ultrathin lithium films to retain deuterium drops as the temperature of the molybdenum substrate rises — a result that provides insight into how lithium affects the performance of tokamaks.

Among the puzzles is how temperature affects the ability of lithium to absorb and retain the deuterium particles that stray from the fuel that creates fusion reactions.

But without exposure to oxygen, the researchers found, lithium films could retain deuterium at higher temperatures as a result of lithium - deuterium bonding.