Deuterium Definition and 72 Threads

Is it possible to caculate the electric potential energy and the gravitational potential energy between two nucleon of deuterium (1 proton, 1 neutron), if we know the binding energy of deuterium is 2.23 (MeV), and the distance between them is 1 (fm)? Please help me! I'm really confused about...

If we bombard a gas or plasma of Deuterium with Neutrons will they "stick" and from Tritium?

First off, I would like to apologize for my ignorance. I am a college freshman, computer science, so I'm not as educated as I would like in the areas of physics that interest me most. On to my question, though. I'm wondering if someone could provide an equation describing the energy released...

Hello all, I am an amateur science fiction writer and am currently working on a novel. I am exploring the possibility of deuterium engines and am having a bit of a difficult time understanding some of the research that I have been coming across, as I do not have a very large science background...

Hello all, I am an amateur science fiction writer and am currently working on a novel. I am exploring the possibility of deuterium engines and am having a bit of a difficult time understanding some of the research that I have been coming across, as I do not have a very large science...

Homework Statement Express the energy (Or heat of the reaction Q) of the reaction (d,p) as a function of the binding energy of deuterium and the binding energy of the neutron captured by the target. Homework Equations Bn / A ≈ 8 MeV Bn = Binding energy, A = Atomic Number Q =...

Homework Statement Calculate the rest mass of Deuterium nucleus. Homework Equations Is it correct to calculate its mass using hydrogen? i.e. 2*rest mass of hydrogen?.. The Attempt at a Solution As stated in textbook, the rest mass of deuterium = 3.34330*10^-27 kg If it is...

I have been researching about fusion power to understand how it operates during thermonuclear reactions. I do not understand how and how much deuterium and tritium are placed into the magnetic confinement (tokomak). I appreciate it, if anyone guides me about this. Thank you

Has anybody ever heard of this stuff? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511181356.htm Okay, so that means it has at least been produced, so it exists. But is it stable once the confinement pressure has been removed, or is it just a fleeting substance? For it to be feasible...

Hi All Just wondering why does deuterium fused with itself not make helium-4 - instead it makes a triton or a helion and a proton or a neutron. These products could then fuse with deuterium to make helium-4. What stops deuterium from fusing straight into alpha particles? Is the kinetic...

Do bounce theories take account of existing elements, or are these elements re arranged when a bounce happens.

[SOLVED] Magnetic Fields, Deuterium and curved tracks Homework Statement A deuteron (the nucleus of an isotope of hydrogen) has a mass of m_D and a charge of e. The deuteron travels in a circular path with a radius of r in a magnetic field with a magnitude of B. Find the time required...

How does deuterium interacts with neutrons? I sow in nuclear power plants is used heavy water, and it says because the heavy water interacts with neutrons? Is it mechanically stopping them, or there is some other kind of interaction? btw- how neutrons in deuterium stick together, how they are...

[SOLVED] Hyperfine splitting of deuterium Homework Statement Calculate the wavelength of the photon emitted under a hyperfine transition in the ground state (n=1) of deuterium. Deuterium is a proton and a neutron in the nucleus, but still one electron. The spin of deuterium is 1.Homework...

In fusor you react one deuterium with another one. So you should get 4He2. Why does it ejects one proton or neutron from nucleus?

You hear from me first. I claim, “We can apply very high voltage on deuterium to achieve fusion power generation.” Using a device like a van De Graaff or Tesla Coils machine, we can generate very high voltage with minimum power input on a deuterium gas mixture which surrounds a pullet. The...

Ok, I have a question that's really irritating me. I am trying to explain why deuterium's nucleus has a spin of 1. By the addition of angular mometum of the individual nucleons (1 proton and 1 neutron) that make up the deuterium nucleus, there are three possible choices (from the triangle...

Hello, I was having a difficult time understanding some instances of nucleosynthesis. Two hydrogens (each with just 1 proton) come together to form deuterium (1 proton and 1 neutron)... but why does this happen as opposed to forming a di-proton (2 protons). I've been told that it has...

this is homework problem I'm having some trouble with... i haven't had chemistry yet so I'm not sure how i could convert atoms into kg, and the textbook i have doesn't do any examples of problems like this one... i don't even know where to begin. Deuterium (A=2, Z=1) is an attractive fuel for...

In a nuclear fusion reactor for generating electricity, would a deuterium-deuterium reaction be inferior to a deuterium-tritium reaction? If the latter is a superior mode of fusion, then obviously that would be more preferable. But how abundant is tritium as an isotope, compared to deuterium, in...

Question: What would it take to coax a deuterium atom to give up its neutron? In terms of input energy? Would you need to hit it with an energetic electron to have a reasonable chance of disassociation? Thanks!

um um um... Where can you use protium, tritium and deuterium?