(a)A deuteron, 2/1H1 is the nucleus of a hydrogen isotope and consists of one proton and one neutron. The plasma of deuterons in a nuclear fusion reactor must be heated to about 300 million K. What is the rms speed of the deuterons? Is this a significant fraction of the speed of light (c = 3.0 X 108 m/s)?
(b) What would the temperature of the plasma be if the deuterons had an rms speed equal to 0.l0c?