{"id":84719,"date":"2026-01-29T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84719"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:01:15","slug":"deuteron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deuteron\/","title":{"rendered":"Deuteron"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Deuteron Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a new study out of the ALICE collaboration at CERN\u2019s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has explained how deuterons survive high-energy particle collisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Deuteron<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A deuteron is a <\/span><b>stable isotope of hydrogen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a nucleus containing one proton and one neutron.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is denoted by the <\/span><b>symbol \u201c\u00b2H\u201d or \u201cD\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in small <\/span><b>amounts in natural water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in the <\/span><b>atmosphere of Jupiter and Saturn.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Deuteron<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mass:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The mass of a deuteron is approximately about twice the mass of a proton.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Charge:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A deuteron has a <\/span><b>net positive charge of +1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, since it contains one proton.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Spin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The deuteron <\/span><b>has a nuclear spin of 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means that it behaves like <\/span><b>a tiny magnet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a north pole and a south pole.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Magnetic Moment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The deuteron has a magnetic moment that is approximately 0.8574 nuclear magnetons, which is about 0.31 times the magnetic moment of a proton.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Deuteron<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used in the <\/span><b>production of heavy water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used in the <\/span><b>production of deuterium,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is used as a fuel in fusion reactors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used in the <\/span><b>production of tritium,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is used in nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/to-make-sense-of-cosmic-rays-cern-team-tracks-a-fragile-nucleus\/article70549279.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deuteron  is a stable isotope of hydrogen with a nucleus containing one proton and one neutron. 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