why is the enthalpy of vaporization and fusion of deuterium more than that of protium?

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Since Deuterium contains more mass than Hydrogen,the strength of the inter atomic forces increases,which makes the enthalpy of vapourisation and fusion greater than hydrogen/protium.

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