On Jul 19, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Jones Beene wrote:
Comparison of an interesting but largely neglected physical
property which can be exploited in enriching heavy water:
H2O D2O
melting point 0 C 3.84 C
compare that spread with the most used separation properties:
boiling point 100 C 101.41 C
density 1.000 1.106
Geeze Loise !!! How could the yanks have missed this!
Do you see it ??
Think "cold filtered" ;-)
Say, Jones, in the fall I might have access to D2O available "for the
picking" in the form of ice puppies. See:
http://www.flatlake.com/Ice_Puppy_Photographs.htm
I would expect the heavy water in an ice puppy to be almost entirely
DHO, not D2O, but that's of interest too - for free that is.
Too bad the above melting point is for D2O and not DHO.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
