Sentences with phrase «stable isotopes of hydrogen»

The article discussing the possibility of generating energy using small - scale nuclear fusion suggested that both deuterium and tritium are stable isotopes of hydrogen.

Not exact matches

Analysis of the water leaving Venus's atmosphere, however, shows that many of the hydrogen ions are actually a stable isotope of the element called deuterium, which consists of a proton and a neutron (rather than just a proton) in its nucleus.

As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents.

Collaborator David Nelson, a stable isotope ecologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, tested the birds» feathers for stable hydrogen isotopes, which can be used to determine where the birds likely grew their feathers.

Lower amounts of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in the ice indicate colder weather, Persoiu said.

The sources of methane variations can be estimated using the interpolar gradient (for the last climatic cycle, using Greenland - Antarctic ice core differences after age scale synchronization) and also using stable isotopes of carbon and hydrogen of methane.

Investigation of the microbial metabolism of carbon dioxide and hydrogen in the kangaroo foregut by stable isotope probing