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Manufacturing Heavy Water


name         Andrew S.
status       educator
age          40s

Question -   I know what heavy water is, but how is it made since
only one in a few thousand molocules of water is heavy water?
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There are four major processes for concentrating deuterium oxide -- heavy
water. You will find them described in detail at the website:
http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~waltham/d2o98/paper/node15.html

Vince Calder
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