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deuteron

deuteron

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The nucleus of a deuterium atom with one proton and one neutron used in physics experiments
  • noun
  • /ˈdjuːtəˌrɒn/
  • Specialized
: deuterón
  • That's that deuteron, the deuterium nucleus.
  • deuteron and proton
  • deuteron and neutron
  • deuteron collisions

Examples

  • The deuterium nucleus, called the deuteron, is a boson with spin 1 and isospin 0.

    Academic text (2012)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2005)
  • What's a deuteron made up of?

  • OK, Now the mechanism is that the deuterium D plus the deuteron adds to the ring.

  • That's where the deuteron, the heavy hydrogen nucleus, comes to the rescue.

    Academic text (2001)
  • His contributions included several papers with his friend Rudolf Peierls on neutron-proton scattering and on the deuteron.

    Academic text (2005)
  • And very simply, when positively charged deuterons are attracted to the palladium cathode, they cram together.

  • In 1934, Rutherford and Mark Oliphant bombarded deuterons with neutrons and thus created tritium, the third hydrogen isotope.

    Academic text (2012)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The deuteron consists of one proton and one neutron, making it a key component in nuclear physics.

Surface Forms

deuteron singular
deuterons plural

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.