Heavy water is water that has an additonal nutron. It is used in nucular reactors.
2007-01-24 03:02:19 · 5 answers · asked by Olly 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Actually it is not safe to drink. It has been proven that deuterium does not interact in the same way as hydrogen in the body, In small amounts, it is not dangerous, However, drinking pure D2O is toxic. Because Deuterium has slightly different chemical properties from hydrogen, it does not take part as readily in chemical reactions. (Such as carboxylations, dehydrogenations, etc.) Also, hydrogen bonding would be severely affected beause the polarity of D2O is changed.
You can read more about it on this Wikipedia page... Scroll to the section about "Effect on Biological Systems" and keep on reading...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water
2007-01-24 03:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jess4352 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question now that we're hearing there's drugs in the city water that aren't filtered out. I never thought it was really SAFE to drink, but am also finding out that bottled water may be no different. Still checking on the facts, but not liking what I have found so far.
2016-05-24 04:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heavy water has the same chemical properties as regular water so it should be ok to drink. I'm sure it's very expensive so I wouldn't recommend it. It is not used in nuclear reactors. It is however used in nuclear weapons. It is not radioactive either.
2007-01-24 03:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO!
Its got deuterium in it... they can disassociate in your body. Not nice.
2007-01-24 03:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by TRITHEMIUS 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO. IT IS USED FOR NUCLEAR AND ATOMIC WEAPONS. DONT DRNK!!!!!!!
2007-01-24 03:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by ĦΛЏĢħŦŞŧμρђ 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋