Protium in the context of Deuterium

⭐ Core Definition: Protium

Hydrogen (₁H) has three naturally occurring isotopes: H, H, and H. H and H are stable, while H has a half-life of 12.32 years. Heavier isotopes also exist; all are synthetic and have a half-life of less than 1 zeptosecond (10 s).

Hydrogen is the only element whose isotopes have different names that remain in common use today: H is deuterium and H is tritium. The symbols D and T are sometimes used for deuterium and tritium; IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) accepts said symbols, but recommends the standard isotopic symbols H and H, to avoid confusion in alphabetic sorting of chemical formulas. H, with no neutrons, may be called protium to disambiguate. During the early study of radioactivity, some other heavy radioisotopes were given names, but such names are rarely used today.

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Protium in the context of Isotope
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Protium in the context of Isotope

Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides) of the same chemical element. They have the same atomic number (number of protons in their nuclei) and position in the periodic table (and hence belong to the same chemical element), but different nucleon numbers (mass numbers) due to different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei. While all isotopes of a given element have virtually the same chemical properties, they have different atomic masses and physical properties.

The term isotope comes from the Greek roots isos (ἴσος "equal") and topos (τόπος "place"), meaning "the same place": different isotopes of an element occupy the same place on the periodic table. It was coined by Scottish doctor and writer Margaret Todd in a 1913 suggestion to the British chemist Frederick Soddy, who popularized the term.

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Protium in the context of Heavy water

Heavy water (deuterium oxide,
H
₂O, D
₂O) is a form of water in which hydrogen atoms are all deuterium (
H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope (
H, also called protium) that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water. The presence of the heavier isotope gives the water different nuclear properties, and the increase in mass gives it slightly different physical and chemical properties when compared to normal water.

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