verb
- present participle of deuterate; to replace hydrogen atoms in a molecule with deuterium (heavy hydrogen)
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The researchers are deuterating the water sample to track molecular movement.
- Deuterating organic compounds helps scientists study reaction mechanisms.
- The lab uses deuterating techniques to improve the sensitivity of mass spectrometry analysis.
- By deuterating specific positions in the molecule, they can identify which bonds break first.