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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following statements about heavy water is incorrect?
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Option 2 : It is a radioactive substance.
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Download Solution PDF- Heavy water is not radioactive.
- Hence, option 2 is incorrect.
- Heavy Water:-
- Deuterium oxide, D2O.
- It is an oxide of the isotope of hydrogen, Deuterium.
- It is a colourless and odourless liquid.
- A molecule of heavy water has two deuterium atoms in place of the two normal hydrogen atoms of ordinary "light" water.
- The presence of deuterium gives the water different nuclear properties, and the increase of mass gives it slightly different physical and chemical properties when compared to normal water.
- Heavy water is not radioactive.
- Heavy water is not safe to drink.
- American scientist and Nobel laureate Harold Urey discovered the isotope deuterium in 1931.
- Argentina is the main producer of heavy water.
- Heavy water is used in certain types of nuclear reactors, where it acts as a neutron moderator to slow down neutrons so that they are more likely to react with the fissile uranium-235 than with uranium-238.
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