heavy hydrogen

noun
1.
either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.

Origin:
1930–35

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heavy hydrogen
 
n
another name for deuterium

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Medical Dictionary

heavy hydrogen n.
See deuterium.

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heavy hydrogen  
See deuterium.
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heavy hydrogen

isotope of hydrogen with atomic weight of approximately 2. Its nucleus, consisting of one proton and one neutron, has double the mass of the nucleus of ordinary hydrogen. Deuterium is a stable atomic species found in natural hydrogen compounds to the extent of 0.014 to 0.015 percent.

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Caging heavy hydrogen molecules is even more interesting.
Cold fusion using fullerene to squeeze heavy hydrogen is one method.
Then a normal and heavy hydrogen combine into a light helium.
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