2006-07-04 07:52:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Just to see if I could.
It is pretty expensive and yet widely available.
2006-07-04 08:16:51 · update #1
I want to use common water as the source of deuterium.
2006-07-04 08:17:48 · update #2
I'm pretty sure it isn't dangerous unless you drink it.
2006-07-04 16:14:13 · update #3
Deuterium and heavy water are NOT radioactive.
2006-07-17 09:36:47 · update #4
Your biggest problem would probably be the zoning restrictions for businesses in your area. You are going to need heavy equipment to get anything more than a drop and your town will probably not allow it.
2006-07-04 09:15:42 · answer #1 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make heavy water is a costful process. The product itself is absolutely harmless and its quality can be characterized easily (should be free of any solved impurities; then check the boiling point and density)
So you should sell your heavy water and tell nobody how you produce it. Even if you can enrich it only up to 10%, you can become rich .... and this is the real danger .... because money will change you for sure.
2006-07-17 15:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by consultant_rom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd need some deuterium (probably illegal) to do it quickly. There are trace amounts of heavy water in all water sources, due to the natural isotopes of hydrogen.
Why do you want this, if I might ask?
2006-07-04 15:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by scuazmooq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in a 2nd floor apt and the water gets too heavy, it might cave in the floor/ceiling and I bet you would get in a LOT of trouble for doing THAT.
2006-07-11 23:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
refine heavy water how is it possible i think it wud be so much expencive
i think u know that heavy water is prepared from water only by heating in a stone vessel
2006-07-17 02:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh it's got contact warnings on it. and with it being radioactive you're gonna need a permit to have any on hand and those are tough to get. you need training to deal with radioactive stuff.
2006-07-17 11:31:25 · answer #6 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the current environment, yes.
2006-07-04 15:28:37 · answer #7 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than likely yes, considering the effects itll have on the environment around you. id consider scrapping your project on the grounds it's dangerous.....
2006-07-04 17:06:27 · answer #8 · answered by The Frontrunner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋