deuteron

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the nucleus of a deuterium, or hydrogen-2, atom, consisting of one proton bound to one neutron

   The cyclotron accelerated deuterons toward a beryllium target.

Formed from deuter-, as in deuterium, + the particle suffix -on. Deuterium was named from Greek deuteros ("second") because it is hydrogen-2; deuteron names the nucleus of that isotope.

Topics

External links

• Cambridge Dictionary
• Wiktionary
• Google Images