They later distilled deuterium from liquid hydrogen, clinching proof of its existence. Urey won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for discovering deuterium, the key component of heavy water.

to develop a model simulating the behavior of low-density foams wetted with liquid deuterium and tritium during implosion. The agreement supports the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s INFUSE project.

Deuterium and hydrogen are isotopes of each ... temperatures and pressures beneath the thick layers of clouds on Venus, liquid water cannot exist in significant quantities. But it may not have ...