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HEAVY WATER: TOP 6 FACTS


1. Heavy water is that form of water which contains deuterium preferably than common hydrogen isotope that makes up most of the hydrogen in common water. 

2. Formula of heavy water: D2O
    
    Boiling point of heavy water: 101.4 °C

    Molar mass of heavy water: 20.0276 g/mol

    Melting point of heavy water: 3.8 °C

    Density of heavy water: 1.11 g/cm³

3. Heavy water is 10% heavier than ordinary water. 

4. You can drink few tablespoons of this water but if you drink few glasses, you might feel dazed because some of the heavy water would change the density of fluid in your inner ear. If you drank purified heavy water more than 20 gallons you'd die. 

5. The main source of heavy water is ordinary water itself. Moreover, it is obtained by the electrolysis of water containing alkali. 

6. Heavy water is used for the preparation of Deuterium. It is also used as a tracer to study process of photosynthesis, respiration. It is also used as a moderator in some types of reactors. 



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