YOUCHEMISTRY: Isotopic effect of heavy water

3 Mar 2012

Isotopic effect of heavy water

from chemToddler



D2O, colloquially referred as heavy water, is normal water (H2O) highly enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium, which is twice as heavy as normal hydrogen. Deuterium oxide (D2O) it is about 11% denser than water, but otherwise, is physically and chemically similar. This video nicely explains this heavy water term.

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