Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And Heavy Water
11 APRIL 2021
This may come as a bit of a shocker, but technically speaking, not all water on Earth is made up of H
2O molecules.
Less than a century ago, the discovery of the hydrogen isotope deuterium –
2H, but often simplified to D – revealed the existence of another kind of water with the chemical formula
2H
2O.
Here s how they differ. A typical hydrogen atom contains one proton within its nucleus. The deuterium isotope, however, has a neutron in addition to the proton, giving the hydrogen atom a greater mass. Hence, water formed with this type of heavy hydrogen is usually called. heavy water.
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Heavy water tastes sweet
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