Heavy water
Water containing a significantly greater proportion of heavy hydrogen (deuterium) atoms to ordinary hydrogen atoms than is found in ordinary (light) water.
Chemical structure[edit | edit source]
Heavy water (deuterium oxide, contains only deuterium or D, also known as heavy hydrogen as opposed to regular hydrogen atom along with oxygen.
Use in nuclear reactors[edit | edit source]
Heavy water is used as a moderator in some reactors because it slows neutrons effectively and also has a low cross section for absorption of neutrons.
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| Alkali metal (Group 1) hydrides |  Lithium hydride, LiH ionic metal hydride   Beryllium hydride Left (gas phase): BeH2 covalent metal hydride Right: (BeH2)n (solid phase) polymeric metal hydride   Borane and diborane Left: BH3 (special conditions), covalent metalloid hydride Right: B2H6 (standard conditions), dimeric metalloid hydride  Methane, CH4 covalent nonmetal hydride  Ammonia, NH3 covalent nonmetal hydride  Water, H2O covalent nonmetal hydride  Hydrogen fluoride, HF covalent nonmetal hydride | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alkaline (Group 2) earth hydrides |
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| Group 13 hydrides |
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