Heavy water $(D_2O)$ is used as:

The degree of hardness of water is usually expressed in terms of which of the following?

$100 \, mL$ of a water sample contains $0.81 \, g$ of calcium bicarbonate and $0.73 \, g$ of magnesium bicarbonate. The hardness of this water sample expressed in terms of equivalents of $CaCO_3$ is .............. $ppm$ (molar mass of calcium bicarbonate is $162 \, g \, mol^{-1}$ and magnesium bicarbonate is $146 \, g \, mol^{-1}$)

Heavy water is a compound of

When zeolite,which is a hydrated sodium aluminium silicate,is treated with hard water,the sodium ions are exchanged with which of the following?

Assertion $(A)$ : $NaCl$ is less soluble in heavy water than in ordinary water.
Reason $(R)$ : Dielectric constant of ordinary water is more than that of heavy water.
The correct answer is