deuterated

English

Deuterated copper sulfate, CuSO₄ · 5 ²H₂O. Despite the title of the file here used, the correct usage is ²H₂O, not D₂O.

Adjective

deuterated (comparative more deuterated, superlative most deuterated)

1. Describing a chemical compound which has had some of its normal hydrogen (protium) replaced with the heavy isotope deuterium.

Derived terms

• deuterated water
• heptadeuterated
• hexadeuterated
• monodeuterated
• nondeuterated
• pentadeuterated
• perdeuterated
• predeuterated
• tetradeuterated
• undeuterated

 

Verb

deuterated

1. simple past and past participle of deuterate

See also

• protiated
• tritiated