DEUTERIUM OXIDE

Application: Heavy water can be used as a neutron moderator and heat carrier in nuclear fission power reactors, and can also be used in chemical and biological research. Deuterium obtained by electrolysis of heavy water is the charge for making hydrogen bombs.
The main use of heavy water is as a “moderator” in nuclear reactors to reduce the speed of neutrons and control the nuclear fission process. It is also a coolant.Heavy water and deuterium are valuable tracer materials in the study of chemical and physiological changes. For example, by irrigating trees with dilute heavy water, it can be measured that water can travel tens to tens of meters per hour in these plants. By measuring the deuterium content in the urine of people who have drunk a lot of dilute heavy water, it is known that the average residence time of water molecules in the human body is 14 days. Using deuterium instead of ordinary hydrogen can study the digestion and metabolism of animals and plants. Concentrated or pure heavy water cannot sustain the life of animals and plants. The lethal concentration of heavy water to general animals and plants is 60%.