Sentences with phrase «where deuterium»

Not exact matches

Because comets formed so far from the sun, they tend to have high deuterium / hydrogen ratios — much higher ratios than in the moon's interior, where the samples in this study originated.

Starting with a small cylinder of acetone where all the hydrogens had been replaced with deuterium (a heavy breed of hydrogen that has an extra neutron), Taleyarkhan's team bombarded the cylinder with sound waves.

In the heart of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a technician inspects the optics assembly where 192 powerful laser beams will zap a pellet filled with deuterium and tritium, two heavy forms of hydrogen.

The 8 ppmv/degr.C comes from ice cores, where the ratio between a temperature proxy (deuterium against hydogen or 18O / 16O) and CO2 level is quite linear over 800,000 years.