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What is the importance of heavy water?

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Heavy water is an important compound due to following reasons : (i) It is employed in nuclear reactors as a moderator as it slows down the fast moving neutrons. (ii) It is widely used as a tracer compound for studying the mechanism of many reactions. (iii) It can be used for production of deuterium and deutero-compounds. 



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