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тешка вода

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

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