The invention belongs to the technical field of deuteration rate detection, and particularly relates to a low-deuteration water deuteration rate detection method, which comprises: 1) preparing a
heavy water standard sample with a known deuteration rate, carrying out a nuclear magnetic
hydrogen spectrum test, and recording the water
peak area; (2) estimating the deuteration rate of the
deuterium-depleted
water sample to be detected, then mixing a proper amount of the
deuterium-depleted
water sample with a proper amount of the
heavy water standard sample, and preparing a mixed
heavy water sample with the estimated deuteration rate of 98% or above; (3) carrying out nuclear magnetic
hydrogen spectrum test on the mixed heavy
water sample, recording the water
peak area, and calculating the deuteration rate by using the water
peak area according to an external standard method; and (4) calculating the deuteration rate of the
deuterium-depleted water sample. The detection method overcomes the defect that a
nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectrum method cannot accurately measure the deuterium-depleted heavy water (deuteration rate lt; the deuterium content in a high range (more than or equal to 98%) is difficult to detect, the limitation that an external standard method can only detect the
isotope abundance (more than or equal to 98%) of deuterium in a relatively high range is broken through, and meanwhile, the method is high in analysis precision and accuracy, low in equipment investment, simple and convenient to operate and low in analysis cost.