One would therefore expect that heavy water, in which two atoms that are twice as heavy are bound to the oxygen atom, would differ significantly in its properties from normal water. In fact, however, ...

When two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom get close enough, the electron from each atom feels an attraction from the protons in the other atom's nucleus. This attraction pulls the atoms together. The ...

One would therefore expect that heavy water, in which two atoms that are twice as heavy are bound to the oxygen atom, would differ significantly in its properties from normal water. In fact ...