How is hydrogen in heavy water different from hydrogen in normal water?

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How is hydrogen in heavy water different from hydrogen in normal water?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-22T00:30:16

One or both atoms are a different isotope of Hydrogen, namely Deuterium ( $""^2"H"$ a.k.a. $"D"$ ) instead of Protium ( $""^1"H"$ ).

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One or both atoms of Hydrogen in heavy water are Deuterium - the stable isotope of Hydrogen that has a nucleus containing both a neutron and a proton instead of just a proton.

Deuterium ( $""^2"H"$ or $"D"$ ) has similar but not identical chemical properties to the much more common Protium ( $""^1"H"$ ) isotope.

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