tritiated water

English

Noun

tritiated water (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Water in which one or both protium hydrogens is replaced by atoms of tritium hydrogen
   1. (by restriction) super-heavy water (³H₂O)
   2. (by restriction) THO, tritium-protium water (³H¹HO)

Synonyms

(³H₂O):

• super-heavy water
• fully-tritiated water

(³H¹HO):

• THO
• semi-tritiated water

Hypernyms

(water with tritium):

• H₂O
• water

Hyponyms

(water with tritium):

• super-heavy water (T₂O, or more correctly, ³3₂O)
• THO
• TDO (³H²HO)

Derived terms

• fully tritiated water
• semitritiated water

Related terms

• deuterated water
• protiated water