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Jim Green wrote:
> >If you perform electrolysis on a liter of tap water, by time you
> >get down to 35 mL remaining you theoretically should have nearly
> >pure H-2 H20 (or D2O). It should have a mass substantially greater
> >than 35 grams;
> This is an interesting statement: Does this mean that tap water is 3.5%
> D2O by volume??? It must be late at night and I am missing something.
That should have been *1000 liters* (not 1000 mL) of distilled tap water
to yield 35 mL of D2O.
For Uranium isotopes apparently the reaction rate ratio is so small that
separation by reaction rate is not feasible, so the diffusion technique
is used.
Best wishes,
Larry