deuterated water

English

Noun

deuterated water (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Water in which one or both protium (normal hydrogen) atoms is replaced by deuterium hydrogen
   1. by restriction, heavy water (D₂O, or, more correctly, ²H₂O)
   2. by restriction, semi-heavy water, deuterium-protium water (²H¹HO)

Synonyms

(D₂O):

• heavy water
• fully-deuterated water

(²H¹HO):

• semi-heavy water
• semi-deuterated water

Hypernyms

(water with deuterium replacement of protium):

• H₂O
• water

Hyponyms

(water with deuterium replacement of protium):

• heavy water (D₂O)
• semiheavy water (DHO)
• TDO (³H²HO)

Derived terms

• fully deuterated water
• semideuterated water

Related terms

• tritiated water
• protiated water