JEE Main Chemistry question

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Heavy hydrogen is used:

(A)In filling the balloons
(B)In studying reaction mechanismCorrect
(C)In calculating heat of formation
(D)Iron hydroxide precipitates

Answer: (B)

Solution

Deuterium ("heavy hydrogen") is widely used as an isotopic tracer/label to study reaction mechanisms (e.g. via kinetic isotope effects and deuterium-labelling

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