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3 years ago

How is heavy water different from normal water

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2 answers:

Vsevolod [243]3 years ago

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The answer is C. An oxygen atom in heavy water has an extra neutron.

I say this because heavy water is also water, but it contains a higher proportion of the hydrogen isotope – deuterium. Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom makes a water molecule. Deuterium is very much the same as that of normal hydrogen, but contains an extra neutron.

So therefore, the answer is C.

Lera25 [3.4K]3 years ago

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It's
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normal water has only one proton while heavy water (deuterium oxide) has a proton and a neutron

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