deuteron
- noun
- /ˈdjuːtəˌrɒn/
- Specialized
- That's that deuteron, the deuterium nucleus.
- deuteron and proton
- deuteron and neutron
- deuteron collisions
Examples
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The deuterium nucleus, called the deuteron, is a boson with spin 1 and isospin 0.
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With Peierls, he laid the foundations for understanding the structure of the deuteron, neutron-proton and proton-proton scattering, and the photodisintegration of the deuteron.
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What's a deuteron made up of?
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OK, Now the mechanism is that the deuterium D plus the deuteron adds to the ring.
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That's where the deuteron, the heavy hydrogen nucleus, comes to the rescue.
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His contributions included several papers with his friend Rudolf Peierls on neutron-proton scattering and on the deuteron.
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And very simply, when positively charged deuterons are attracted to the palladium cathode, they cram together.
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In 1934, Rutherford and Mark Oliphant bombarded deuterons with neutrons and thus created tritium, the third hydrogen isotope.
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Although Cornell's cyclotron only produced 1.2-MeV deuterons, Livingston and his associates developed an arc source that transformed the cyclotron into a particularly useful tool for neutron research.
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The deuteron consists of one proton and one neutron, making it a key component in nuclear physics.
Surface Forms
Morphology
deuteron = deuterium (semi-transparent) = deuter + on
The relation between 'deuterium' and 'deuteron' is regular (particle name formed with '-on'), but knowing this requires scientific knowledge of particle-naming conventions.
Etymology
Deuteron comes from the Greek root deuteros, meaning 'second', and is linked to deuterium, the 'heavy hydrogen' atom. So, a deuteron is the 'second' form of hydrogen's nucleus and has one proton and one neutron.