Essays Tagged: "Deuterium"

"Unveiling the Unknown" This essay is a persuasive essay for English class concerning space exploration and reasons in which to do so.

g fuel sources. Recent studies have shown that there are new minerals on the moon's surface, called Deuterium and Helium 3. One million tons of Helium 3 alone is enough to power the world for thousand ... lot of money needs to be invested into how these techniques can work. Many scientists believe that Deuterium and Helium 3 are the fuels of the twenty-first century. The reason why they believe this i ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.9 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Comparing Nuclear Fusion vs. Nuclear Fission

h as uranium or plutonium. Fusion, on the other hand, uses isotopes of hydrogen atoms, specifically deuterium and tritium. That can be obtained from ordinary water. Uranium ores occur naturally in man ... ranium, and only about 0.7% of U-235 required for fission. One hydrogen atom out of 6700 appears as deuterium, a naturally occurring isotope of hydrogen with an extra neutron, and can easily be separa ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.3 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

“Primordial Deuterium And The Big Bang”

"Primordial Deuterium and the Big Bang" Craig J. Hogan A Review h, the Greek letter eta, is used to descri ... neutron. Currently there is no agreement as to the precise value of eta, but Dr. Hogan's studies on deuterium may change that. Using high-powered telescopes and a lot of chemistry he and others have c ... measuring the amount of matter in the universe using what they believe will be a constant ratio of deuterium to mass. Dr. Craig Hogan believes that his research will help to backup the already popula ...

(3 pages) 1215 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics