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Required sources / references as links in the websites regarding the possibilities to break the chemical bonds of D2O (Heavy water).
1) If it is by high temperature.
2) Also by room temperature
3) By Chemical reactions
In order to get its inner energy and to fined out if it is possible to be useful or used as energy in electricity.

2007-03-03 11:07:22 · 2 answers · asked by nashaat f 1 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

2 answers

D2O is the same as H2O chemically. Deuterium is just another isotope of hydrogen. It can be split by running electricity through the D2O, the same as H2O. There is not a great deal of stored energy in the chemical bond. It is fairly stable soa chemical reaction, by adding things, would not break it. It does occur at room temperature, and the electrolysis is a chemical reaction. It takes energy to split it, so no net gain.

2007-03-03 11:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by science teacher 7 · 2 0

The chemical bonds of heavy water are essentially he same as the bonds of light water. They are the bonds between the hydrogen (or deuterium) and oxygen.
I think what you want to know is whether the atomic/neuclear bonds can be broken to liberate the neutron. (To this question, the answer is no.)

2007-03-03 11:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew P 4 · 1 0

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