Heavy water
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Heavy water is a form of water in which all hydrogen atoms are hydrogen-2 isotope or deuterium rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water. The presenc
"Heavy water" made by Norsk Hydro
Deuterium
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Deuterium is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen; the other is protium, or hydrogen-1, 1H. The deuterium nucleus contains one proton and one neutron, whereas the far more common 1H has no neutrons.
Heavy water
…Heavy water (deuterium oxide, 2 H 2O, D 2O) is a form of water in which all hydrogen atoms are hydrogen-2 isotope or deuterium (2 H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope (1 H, also called protium) that makes up most of the hydrogen in…
Deuterium glowing in a gas discharge tube
Ionized deuterium in a fusor reactor giving off its characteristic pinkish-red glow
Harold Urey, deuterium's discoverer
The "Sausage" device casing of the Ivy Mike H bomb, attached to instrumentation and cryogenic equipment. The 20-ft-tall bomb held a cryogenic Dewar flask with room for 160 kg of liquid deuterium.