On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:10 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:04:14 -0500: >> Hi, >> [snip] >>>Speaking of, I have been searching for the molecular dissociation >>>energy of deuterium on the web and have not found it readily >>>available. I would think that it is greater than 4.8 eV and there >>>seems to be a good deal of recent research on the ionization and >>>dissociation energy of D; but, it doesn't just pop out at you. >>> >>>T >> >> I wouldn't expect it to differ from that of H2 by more than a few millivolts. > > Eh? I was speaking of the energy per atom, not the voltage required.
You mean a few eV x 10-3? T