• DOI:10.1126/science.216.4546.630
Corpus ID: 36740141

Venus Was Wet: A Measurement of the Ratio of Deuterium to Hydrogen

@article{Donahue1982VenusWW,
  title={Venus Was Wet: A Measurement of the Ratio of Deuterium to Hydrogen},
  author={T. Donahue and J. Hoffman and R. Hodges and A. J. Watson},
  journal={Science},
  year={1982},
  volume={216},
  pages={630 - 633}
}

T. Donahue, J. Hoffman, +1 author A. J. Watson

Published 1982

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The deuterium-hydrogen abundance ratio in the Venus atmosphere was measured while the inlets to the Pioneer Venus large probe mass spectrometer were coated with sulfuric acid from Venus' clouds. The ratio is (1.6 � 0.2) x 10–2. The hundredfold enrichment of deuterium means that at least 0.3 percent of a terrestrial ocean was outgassed on Venus, but is consistent with a much greater production.