The Protium reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Jul-2004
(provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Protium

For thoughtful child sponsors
In chemistry, protium is the most common isotope of the element hydrogen that has one proton and no neutrons. It is denoted by the symbol ¹H.

Other isotopes of hydrogen are the rarer deuterium and the radioactive isotope tritium.


In biology, Protium is a genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi.