Word: deuteron
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...diplon," and a number of British scientists seemed willing to follow his lead, despite a polite but barbed letter which Dr. Urey and his associates rushed off to England posthaste (TIME, Feb. 19, 1934). Peace was restored when Lord Rutherford agreed to accept "deuterium" and the "deuton" was renamed "deuteron...
...right to name his own discovery had been challenged from abroad. Scientific relations between the two countries were described as "very tense." Professor Harold Clayton Urey* of Columbia University has baptized the isotope of heavy hydrogen he discovered two years ago deuterium (Greek deuteros, second). He wants deuteron or deuton to be the name of its atomic nucleus. Discussing the matter last December before the Royal Society, Lord Rutherford, head of Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory, said: "While we all realize that the first discoverer has a strong claim in suggesting an appropriate name ...[I and my colleagues favor...