Newsgroups: sci.space Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Deuterium extraction Message-ID: <1989Apr2.234927.15218@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: Date: Sun, 2 Apr 89 23:49:27 GMT In article 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. -- Welcome to Mars! Your | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology passport and visa, comrade? | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu