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FROM the discussion recently held in the Royal Society1, and from several communications on heavy hydrogen published in NATURE, it is obvious that larger quantities of heavy water are at present much needed for investigations in several branches of physics, chemistry and biology. To meet this demand, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., is to undertake commercial production at Billingham2. It may also be of interest to report in this connexion, that various concentrates of the new water are now produced on a large scale in Norway by Norsk Hydro-Elektrisk Kvælstofaktieselskab, Oslo. Large quantities of ‘1: 300-water’ can be obtained from the above company, and richer concentrates will be available at a later date.
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TRONSTAD, L. Production of Large Quantities of Heavy Water. Nature 133, 872 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133872b0
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