News tagged with deuterium atom
Fusion researchers see frozen pellet tech as way to control ITER's plasma as well as fuel it
(PhysOrg.com) -- Heated to extreme temperatures of up to 150 million degrees Celsius, the plasma in ITER's giant experimental fusion reactor will be fed a fuel of frozen pellets of deuterium-tritium, fired ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Fruit flies can detect heavy hydrogen: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by researchers in Greece and the US has found that fruit flies can discriminate between normal and heavy hydrogen (deuterium) isotopes, which adds weight to a new theory of how ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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New project aims for fusion ignition
Russia and Italy have entered into an agreement to build a new fusion reactor outside Moscow that could become the first such reactor to achieve ignition, the point where a fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining ...
May 10, 2010 |
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Chemists shed light on sun's role mixing up molecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sydney scientists have discovered a startling new mechanism where sunlight can rearrange the atoms of molecules to form new chemical substances.
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Heavy Pyridine Crystallizes Differently
(PhysOrg.com) -- The nuclei of ordinary hydrogen atoms contain only a single proton. If a neutron is added, the hydrogen becomes deuterium. In principle, molecules that contain deuterium in place of hydrogen ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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