deuterate
Americanverb (used with object)
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ALMA's instruments are sensitive enough to distinguish deuterated water from ordinary water, allowing the team to precisely measure the ratio between the two.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2026
Workers have removed all but three elements and now plan to clear debris from the core and purify the deuterated cooling water, he says, which means the reactor cannot restart before April.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2021
The discovery of a deuterated molecule in outer space should thus point almost unambiguously to an artificial origin.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
Simple deuterated molecules are as unlikely to have been naturally synthesized as complex deuterated molecules.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
Since even simple deuterated molecules would serve our purpose, chemists won’t have to go to great lengths in terms of the actual synthesis.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
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