deuterium and tritium primary
1Tritium — Infobox isotope background = #ffcccc text color = isotope name = Hydrogen 3 alternate names = tritium, triton mass number = 3 symbol = H num neutrons = 2 num protons = 1 abundance = trace halflife = 4500±8 days decay mode1 = Beta emission decay… …
2List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles — This list contains chemical elements, materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particle that exist primarily in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). No actual periodic elements end in ite , though many minerals have names with this… …
3Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
4nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
5nuclear fusion — fusion (def. 4). [1895 1900] * * * Process by which nuclear reactions between light elements form heavier ones, releasing huge amounts of energy. In 1939 Hans Bethe suggested that the energy output of the sun and other stars is a result of fusion …
6hydrogen — /huy dreuh jeuhn/, n. a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; at. wt.: 1.00797; at. no.: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure. [1785 95;… …
7Heavy water — Not to be confused with hard water or tritiated water. Deuterium oxide IUPAC name …
8ITER — is an international tokamak (magnetic confinement fusion) research/engineering proposal for an experimental project that will help to make the transition from today s studies of plasma physics to future electricity producing fusion power plants.… …
9Nuclear fusion — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical dec …
10Inertial confinement fusion — (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.To compress and heat the fuel, energy is… …
