deuteron

E3686

A deuteron is the positively charged nucleus of deuterium, consisting of one proton and one neutron bound together.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf baryonic nucleus
bound state
hadron
nucleus
hasAlternativeSymbol ^2H nucleus
hasAtomicNumber 1
hasBaryonNumber 2
hasBindingEnergy ≈2.224 MeV
hasChargeConjugation not defined (non-self-conjugate)
hasChargeRadius ≈2.1 fm (order of magnitude)
hasConstituent neutron
proton
hasElectricCharge +1 e
hasExcitedBoundStates false
hasGroundState 3S1–3D1 mixed state
hasIsospin 0
hasLifetime >10^28 years (effectively stable)
hasMagneticMoment ≈0.857 μN
hasMass ≈1875.6129 MeV/c^2
≈2.013553212745 u
hasMassNumber 2
hasNeutronNumber 1
hasParity +1
hasProtonNumber 1
hasQuadrupoleMoment ≈0.2859 e·fm^2
hasRestEnergy ≈1.875 GeV
hasSpin 1
hasSymbol d
hasTotalAngularMomentumJ 1
hasTotalQuarkContent 6 up quarks and 6 down quarks (valence)
isBoson true
isCompositeParticle true
isLightestBoundStateOf two nucleons
isNucleusOf deuterium
isNucleusOfIsotope hydrogen-2
isOnlyBoundStateOf proton and neutron
isProducedIn big bang nucleosynthesis
stellar nucleosynthesis
isStable true
isSubjectOf few-body physics
nuclear physics
quantum chromodynamics (effective descriptions)
isUsedAs projectile in accelerator experiments
isUsedIn neutron production
nuclear fusion reactions
nuclear structure studies
scattering experiments

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