The molecular weight of heavy water is __________ than ordinary water.

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Molecular weight of heavy water is more than ordinary water due to the heavy weight of $D$ . as $D$ has a neutron which $H$ does not have thereby making $D_{2} O$ heavy than $H_{2} O$ .

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The molecular weight of heavy water is __________ than ordinary water.

Molecular weight of heavy water is more than ordinary water due to the heavy weight of D. as D has a neutron which H does not have thereby making D2O heavy than H2O.

Molecular weight of heavy water is more than ordinary water due to the heavy weight of $D$ . as $D$ has a neutron which $H$ does not have thereby making $D_{2} O$ heavy than $H_{2} O$ .