Abstract
Until 1931 it was assumed that hydrogen consisted of only one isotope. Urey et al. (1932a, b) established the presence of a second, heavy, stable isotope, which was called deuterium. Way et al. (1950) gave the following average abundances of the stable hydrogen isotopes:
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1H:99.9844%,
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2D: 0.0156%.
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Hoefs, J. (1973). Fractionation Mechanisms of Selected Elements. In: Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Minerals, Rocks and Inorganic Materials, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13032-2_2
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