How to Use heavy hydrogen in a Sentence

heavy hydrogen

noun
  • Commercial fusion reactors will run on a mix of two heavy hydrogen isotopes, known as deuterium and tritium.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Inside the nuclear reactor, electricity will flow through the heavy hydrogen isotopes.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The comet contains far more heavy hydrogen—in the form of an isotope called deuterium, which has one neutron and one proton—than any local space rock, a quality that tends to point to colder environs.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
  • Deuterated water refers to water in which one hydrogen atom is replaced with deuterium, a heavy hydrogen isotope that has an atomic nucleus composed of one proton and one neutron.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Far more important than previously assumed In the new study, the researchers recreated early helium hydride reactions by storing the ions at minus 449 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 267 degrees Celsius) for up to 60 seconds to cool them down before forcing them to collide with heavy hydrogen.
    Perri Thaler, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025

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