Semiheavy_water

Semiheavy water

Semiheavy water

Chemical compound

Not to be confused with Heavy water.

Semiheavy water is the result of replacing one of the protium in light water with deuterium.[1] It exists whenever there is water with light hydrogen (protium, 1H) and deuterium (D or 2H) in the mix. This is because hydrogen atoms (hydrogen-1 and deuterium) are rapidly exchanged between water molecules. Water containing 50% H and 50% D in its hydrogen contains about 50% HDO and 25% each of H2O and D2O, in dynamic equilibrium.[2] In regular water, about 1 molecule in 3,200 is HDO (one hydrogen in 6,400 is D). By comparison, heavy water D2O[3] occurs at a proportion of about 1 molecule in 41 million (i.e., one in 6,4002). This makes semiheavy water far more common than "normal" heavy water.

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The freezing point of semiheavy water is close to the freezing point of heavy water at 3.8°C compared to the 3.82°C of heavy water.

References

  1. [1]
    Tashakor S (2016-09-28). "Neutronic Investigation of Semi-Heavy Water Application in Hplwr New Flow Pattern". CNL Nuclear Review: 1–5. doi:10.12943/CNR.2016.00019.
  2. [2]
    Goncharuk VV, Kavitskaya AA, Romanyukina IY, Loboda OA (June 2013). "Revealing water's secrets: deuterium depleted water". Chemistry Central Journal. 7 (1): 103. doi:10.1186/1752-153X-7-103. PMC 3703265. PMID 23773696.
  3. [3]
    "Heavy water | chemical compound". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-04-24.

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