heavy water
noun
1
: the compound D2O composed of deuterium and oxygen
called also deuterium oxide
2
: water enriched in deuterium
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Explore our new section Opponents say the tunnel is a boondoggle that would further imperil the delta’s fragile ecosystem, which has already been eroded by heavy water withdrawals for agriculture and cities.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Additionally, the sanctions waiver also applies to the export of enriched uranium and heavy water outside of Iran which was needed to keep Iran within its stockpile limits under the 2015 nuclear deal, intended to stop Iran from gaining the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon.
—William Mauldin, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
So over millions of years, this process of water formation tends to concentrate deuterium in heavy water.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
But because deuterium is heavier than hydrogen, heavy water is less likely to dissociate.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
Instead, the samples weighed in with about 25 percent less heavy water compared with normal water — far less than expected.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2019
Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Additionally, the sanctions waiver also applies to the export of enriched uranium and heavy water outside of Iran which was needed to keep Iran within its stockpile limits under the 2015 nuclear deal, intended to stop Iran from gaining the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon.
—William Mauldin, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
So over millions of years, this process of water formation tends to concentrate deuterium in heavy water.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
But because deuterium is heavier than hydrogen, heavy water is less likely to dissociate.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
Instead, the samples weighed in with about 25 percent less heavy water compared with normal water — far less than expected.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2019
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