Jones Beene wrote: > > To clarify: > > > As posted a few months ago, the heavy isotope of oxygen: O-18 > > (18O) is far more ubiquitous in nature than many realize. It is > > 15 time more prevalent in natural water than is deuterium, for > > instance but the interesting part is that it is enriched > > naturally in biological life (osmosis in plants will enrich). > I gather you are hinting that O-18 is Hy-Hydride in an O-16 nucleus, right? > > > One in every 6000 molecules of sea water is HDO instead of H2O. It > is erroneous to call this molecule "heavy water" however which > technically is a double substituion, or DDO: and nonexistent in > seawater for all practical purposes. > Yes, And Two possible end of Muon Decay Paths according to my 1991-1992 CRC are e- ( neutrino e) (neutrino u) e+ e- and (e- e+ e-) with 53 Mev/c giving room for possibly heavier (* e-) particles than Ps- (Electronium) like 1864 or 37270 eV or so? > > Five in every thousand molecules of sea water (.5 %) has an 18O > oxygen isotope instead of 16O. That is rather extraordinary > considering the nuclear stability of 16O. Surface water has less > as the lighter isotope evaporates first and is retained in any > osmotic process. The mass difference is substantial. > > The water in some fruits and plants is enriched, reportedly, to a > full 1 percent 18O. Otherwise it is very expensive to buy it from > an isotope distributor. > Also a news item in the land of Oz. "Local Man Charged With Battery".
> > Jones > > BTW, to show how far afield this kind of "grasping at straws" > reasoning, often resorted-to in the endless search for > energy-alternatives can get you... > > Eucalyptus tree leaves are said to be especially enriched in 18O, > and this is the preffered food of the Koala. The leaves are > undigestible to other animals and of very low nutritional quality. > Bacteria hosted by the Koala however, apparently convert this > non-food item into energy for the host. Ergo: some might be > tempted to suggest that the extra 18O could be playing a role... > > now how crazy is that <g> > > Not this crazy: A Koala walks into a restaurant, sits down and > orders the veggie special. After he has finished eating, the > waiter brings him his bill. The koala then shoots the waiter, and > departs. The fearless restaurant owner runs over and stops him at > the getaway gum-tree. "You can't come into my restaurant, eat my > food, shoot my waiter and then walk out like you own the place! > Who do you think you are?" > > The Koala says... "Hmm...a Koala? look it up, pops" > > The owner pulls out his pocket dictionary and looks up koala. It > say, "Marsupial. Eats shoots and leaves". >
