deuterium oxide

noun

, Chemistry.

1. heavy water.

deuterium oxide

noun

1. another name for heavy water

deuterium oxide

1. See under heavy water

Word History and Origins

Origin of deuterium oxide¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

By 1942, the British knew that Germany had chosen heavy water, or deuterium oxide, to moderate atom-splitting chain reactions to produce bomb-grade plutonium.

From New York Times

Large amounts of heavy water, or deuterium oxide, at that time was only made at the Norsk Hydro facility in Rjukan, Telemark.

From BBC

It was handicapped by the flight and murder of Jewish scientists but suffered most gravely from a decision by the physicist Werner Heisenberg to use heavy water, deuterium oxide, instead of graphite, as a so-called moderator in the production of bomb-grade uranium.

From New York Times

Prized for its purity, Norwegian heavy water, or deuterium oxide, is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors and to produce plutonium, an ingredient in nuclear bombs.

From Time Magazine Archive

First and most obvious heavy hydrogen compound is deuterium oxide�heavy water.

From Time Magazine Archive