Re: Deuterium extraction

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1989 23:49

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In article <Added.EYBTt7y00Vs142oE8l@andrew.cmu.edu> K_MACART@UNHH.BITNET writes:
>        Apparently, all you have to do is electrolysis.  The heavy water stays
>longer, so you stop when you have 1/1000 your initial volume...

Actually this is an inefficient way to make heavy water; it was used in
early experiments, and is still used for final purification, but there
are more efficient (although more complex) ways to do the early stages.
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