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... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Oxides > Water > Deuterium Oxide
Inorganic Chemicals > Oxygen Compounds > Oxides > Water > Deuterium Oxide
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Hydroxides > Water > Deuterium Oxide
Inorganic Chemicals > Alkalies > Hydroxides > Water > Deuterium Oxide
Inorganic Chemicals > Isotopes > Deuterium > Deuterium Oxide
Inorganic Chemicals > Elements > Hydrogen > Deuterium > Deuterium Oxide
Inorganic Chemicals > Gases > Hydrogen > Deuterium > Deuterium Oxide

Preferred term

Deuterium Oxide  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Heavy Water
  • Water, Heavy

Scope note

  • The isotopic compound of hydrogen of mass 2 (deuterium) with oxygen. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) It is used to study mechanisms and rates of chemical or nuclear reactions, as well as biological processes.

History note

  • 94; was DEUTERIUM OXIDE (NM) 1980-93

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