How do you separate the hydrogen atoms from water and is the heavy water sesidue harmful to the environment.?

Answer 1

Separating hydrogen from the waer molecule is usually done throug helectrolysis, that is you use electricity to give oxygen the electron they want very much to take from the hydrogen, and coax the atoms fropm goig their own separate way, liberating hydrogen on one side and oxygen on the other.
Heavy water is water where the usual protium (Hydrogen 1) is replaced by deterium (Hydrogen 2, with a proton and a neutron in the nucleus).. You could drink heavy water without any ill effect -- in fact you do, as a small percentage of water is naturally heavy water -- but you could drink pure heavy water without problem, it is totally non toxic.

Answer 2

Electrolysis can seperate the hydrogen and oxygen from water.

By sesidue, I'm guessing that you mean residue. D2O is NOT harmful to the environment because that hydrogen with 2 netrons isn't radioactive. You can buy it online and make ice that sinks! Very cool!

Answer 3

If anybody found a way to produce "heavy water residue" by separating ordinary hydrogen from water, we'll be looking at the next world's richest man.

Answer 4

electrolysis run some electricity through the water those bubbles that form is pure hydrogen simple test: throw a 12V battery into a glass of water....