Deuterium resembles hydrogen in chemical properties but:

React vigorously than hydrogen

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Reacts slower than hydrogen

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Reacts just as hydrogen

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Solution

The correct option is B Reacts slower than hydrogen
Deuterium resembles hydrogen in almost all chemical properties but its rate of reacting is less than hydrogen because deuterium is heavier than hydrogen.

Hence, option (b) is correct.

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