In both sets of experiments, the researchers used chilled acetone in which hydrogen atoms had been replaced by deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, which fuses more readily than ordinary hydrogen does.
Each one carrying deuterium banks with over eighty tons of heavy hydrogen.
Instead, they rely upon heavy hydrogen - deuterium and tritium isotopes - as their ‘fuel.’
At these temperatures the heavy hydrogen would become a plasma, a ball of sub-atomic particles which would fuse to become helium and a shower of neutrons and a supply of heat.
In essence, all one needs is to arrange for ions of a heavy isotope of hydrogen, say deuterium, to be accelerated by an electric field so that they strike a target also containing a heavy hydrogen isotope.
Definition of heavy hydrogen in US English:
heavy hydrogen
noun
another term for deuterium
Example sentencesExamples
In essence, all one needs is to arrange for ions of a heavy isotope of hydrogen, say deuterium, to be accelerated by an electric field so that they strike a target also containing a heavy hydrogen isotope.
In both sets of experiments, the researchers used chilled acetone in which hydrogen atoms had been replaced by deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, which fuses more readily than ordinary hydrogen does.
Instead, they rely upon heavy hydrogen - deuterium and tritium isotopes - as their ‘fuel.’
Each one carrying deuterium banks with over eighty tons of heavy hydrogen.
At these temperatures the heavy hydrogen would become a plasma, a ball of sub-atomic particles which would fuse to become helium and a shower of neutrons and a supply of heat.