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Heavy water is a _____________, which slows down fast moving neutrons to thermal velocities so that they can cause fission of uranium nuclei.​

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ong>Answer:

HEAVY WATER (D2O), also CALLED deuterium oxide

Explanation:

water composed of deuterium, the hydrogen isotope with a mass double that of ordinary hydrogen, and oxygen. (Ordinary water has a COMPOSITION represented by H2O.)



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