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The physical properties of D2OD_2O differ from those of H2OH_2O because D is radioactive.

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D2O\text{D}_2\text{O} is like regular H2O\text{H}_2\text{O} except the hydrogens in D2O\text{D}_2\text{O} are deuteriums, which are hydrogen atoms that have a proton and a neutron in its nucleus (compared to the common form of hydrogen protium, which has only a proton in its nucleus).

Despite the presence of a neutron in its nucleus, deuterium is fairly stable so it is not radioactive. Therefore, B\text{B} is incorrect.

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