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. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html