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Deuterium, also called heavy hydrogen, is a stable isotope of Hydrogen.

The nucleus of deuterium is called a deuteron, contains ONE proton and (typically for the deuterium isotope) ONE neutron, whereas the far more common hydrogen nucleus contains no neutron.

Both contain ONE electron in the 1s-shell, so chemically they are of the same properties.

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