What is heavy water?

Heavy water is a form of water that contains a larger than normal amount of the hydrogen isotope deuterium, rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water.

Formula: D2O

IUPAC ID: [2H]2-water

Molar mass: 20.0276 g/mol

Boiling point: 101.4 °C

Melting point: 3.8 °C

Refractive index (nD): 1.328

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