A graphic of the main components of a warp drive, including the deuterium tanks.
The deuterium tank aboard a starship holds deuterium, which is used in both the matter-antimatter and fusion reactors that power all of the starship's systems.
Deuterium is cryogenically held in the tanks in slush form at 13.8 Kelvin.
On a Galaxy class starship, there is enough space in the compartmentalized deuterium tank for 63,200 cubic meters of deuterium, although the normal load is 62,500 cubic meters, which is sufficient for three years of multi-mission operations. The deuterium tank is constructed of forced-matrix 2378 cortanium and stainless steel and insulated by alternating parallel and biased layers of foamed vac-whisker silicon-copper-duranite.
This article or section needs citationsThis page or section does not adequately cite one or more of its sources, and needs attention. If you can provide references from valid resource material, feel free to edit it to add a citation or correct the data.