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Originally Posted by jjoj actually, i think the "chemical behaviour" of deuterium is a little different than normal H2O. otherwise, why wouldn't they use regular water in nuclear reactors? |
Nope, the chemical behaviour is exactly the same, but the
physical behaviour is slightly different at the nuclear level. The only difference in the "real world" is that it's a little heavier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_moderator