What can deuterium tell us?
- 1 December 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 27 (12) , 41-47
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129034
Abstract
What is behind the unusual flurry of activity concerned with the isotope deuterium? Simply this: Because of its unique properties, the distribution of deuterium in the universe constitutes a powerful clue to the history of the development of matter.Keywords
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