On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 02:55 PM, Mark Ross wrote:
> Deuterium is the isotope with one proton and one neutron. Tritium is
> one
> proton and two neutrons. (Hydrogen has one proton only). Tritium is
> radioactive, deuterium is not. Heavy water usually refers to D2O, and
> is
> used for a variety of purposes, but the one everyone thinks of is for
> fission reactors as a neutron modulator.
Batman (Adam West) also used heavy water in the Batcave. Then when the
Penguin came in with the guys who were powder because of their water
was removed. And the evil guys were reconsituted with heavy water and
Batman and Robin only had to hit them once and they disappeared. So
another use for heavy water.
Charles
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