deuton

[doo-ton, dyoo-]

noun

Physics Now Rare.

1. deuteron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deuton¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The deuton, however, had twice the heft of the proton but not the additional charge, so it should be better at penetrating a target’s electromagnetic field.

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This conclusion led to another equally astonishing hypothesis: if the shattering of the deuton imparted equal energy to its two constituents, proton and neutron, then simple math yielded a weight for the neutron of one atomic mass unit, or “unity.”

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Ernest Rutherford was as quick as Lawrence and Lewis to divine the virtues of the deuton as a nuclear projectile.

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Having also determined that the emission rate increased with the length of the bombardment, he concluded that deutons were “sticking to the target,” and therefore that what Lawrence interpreted as the disintegration of the bombarding deuton was, in fact, deutons merely striking other deutons on the targets’ surfaces.

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Lawrence knew the Cavendish delegates were skeptical not only of his deuton theory but also of the cyclotron itself as a laboratory tool.

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