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Heavy water

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000983

Water containing a significantly greater proportion of heavy hydrogen (deuterium) atoms to ordinary hydrogen atoms than is found in ordinary (light) water. Heavy water is used as a moderator in some reactors because it slows neutrons effectively and also has a low cross section for absorption of neutrons.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000983
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000983",
  "term": "Heavy water",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Water containing a significantly greater proportion of heavy hydrogen (deuterium) atoms to ordinary hydrogen atoms than is found in ordinary (light) water. Heavy water is used as a moderator in some reactors because it slows neutrons effectively and also has a low cross section for absorption of neutrons.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/heavy-water/"
}

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