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Heavy water definition
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What does Heavy water mean?
Water enriched to contain significantly more than the natural proportions (one in 6,500) of heavy hydrogen (deuterium, D) atoms to ordinary hydrogen atoms. Heavy water, effective in slowing neutrons down and has a low probability of absorbing neutrons, is used as a moderator in some reactor designs e.g. candu.
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