Electrolytic Concentration of the Heavy Hydrogen Isotope

Hydrogen Isotope Exchange Reaction

polarization causes Q1ftf partly to cance12 Qu' and so to reduce the calculated MO approximation DNQ, making it agree better with the observed value.2~ This improvement most probably much outweighs the contrary effects obtained by optimizing Z*. The effect on DNQ of using polarized AO's is quite different in the AO than in the MO approximation. Referring to an earlier paragraph on the variation...

Separation of Hydrogen Isotopes ELECTROLYTIC MIGRATION THROUGH A PALLADIUM MEMBRANE

With the increasing importance of “ heavy water” as a moderator in nuclear reactors there arises a pressing need for a more efficient method of separating hydrogen isotopes. In a report by 0. N. Salmon to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC Research and Development Report KAPL 1272) a process is described which aims to improve the method of separation by the electrolysis of water. This proce...

Heavy hydrogen in the stratosphere

We report measurements of the deuterium content of molecular hydrogen (H2) obtained from a suite of air samples that were collected during a stratospheric balloon flight between 12 and 33 km at 40 N in October 2002. Strong deuterium enrichments of up to 400‰ versus Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW) are observed, while the H2 mixing ratio remains virtually constant. Thus, as hydrogen is p...

The effect of hydrogen ion concentration on the anatomy of tobacco

Hydrogen isotope fractionation during H

Hydrogen metabolism was studied in the anaerobic bacterium, Sporomusa sp. strain DMG 58, by measuring natural abundance levels of deuterium in H 2 , H 2 O, and individual fatty acids during acetogenic growth on H 2 / CO 2 . Four cultures were grown, each in medium with a distinct hydrogen-isotopic composition ( δ D-H 2 O). The δ D value of H 2 was quantified in the residual gas exiting the grow...