Re: There is H2O and then there is H2O

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From: Halvor (halvorb@mac.com)
Date: 09/15/03-05:58:43 PM Z


on 16-09-03 07:51, Nick Makris at nick@mcn.org wrote:

A recent article in a Scandinavian newspaper apparently cited a demand for
water which has
a higher hydrogen level than most. One source may be the Albion River in
Mendocino Co., USA.

Is not all water H2O or is some H3O or some such? Anyone hear anything
about this?

Nick

Heavy water sometimes refered to as H3O, (infamous Norwegian product -
without whose innocent help a couple of countries might not have had nuclear
weapons, althoug I suppose as always there is other sources.) - donīt think
I have heard about any photographic purpose for this though.

heavy water
    n : water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium
        atoms, used in nuclear reactors [syn: {deuterium oxide}]

isotope
    n : one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but
        with different numbers of neutrons

".. which both hydrogen atoms have been replaced with deuterium, the isotope
of hydrogen ... The
first commercial heavy water plant was the Norsk Hydro facility in ... "

do a google with the various above keyawords

Cheers
Halvor


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