Heavy water of an atomic reactor is ........

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an oxide of heavier isotope of oxygen

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an oxide of heavier isotope of hydrogen

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Heavy Water (D2O) is a compound of an isotope of hydrogen called heavy hydrogen or Deuterium (D) and oxygen. This is also known as Deuterium Oxide. Deuterium has an atomic mass of 2, as against 1 for normal hydrogen (H) due to presence of an extra neutron in the nucleus.