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Deuterium vs Borodeuteride - What's the difference?

deuterium | borodeuteride |

As nouns the difference between deuterium and borodeuteride

is that deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - {{nuclide|2|1|H}} while borodeuteride is an anion formed of a boron atom and four deuterium atoms; or a salt formed by this ion.

deuterium

English

(wikipedia deuterium)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (isotope) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - .
    • Heavy water is “heavy” because it contains deuterium .
  • An atom of this isotope.
    • There were about 80 deuteriums for every million protiums, and virtually no tritium.

    Synonyms

    * heavy hydrogen * D (chemical symbol)

    Hypernyms

    * hydrogen

    Coordinate terms

    * (isotopes of hydrogen) protium, tritium, quadrium

    Derived terms

    * deuterium oxide

    Related terms

    * deuteron

    See also

    * heavy water

    References

    * Elementymology ----

    borodeuteride

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An anion formed of a boron atom and four deuterium atoms; or a salt formed by this ion
    • a solution of sodium borodeuteride

    Synonyms

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