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IN all methods for the enrichment of heavy water, the first stage is always very expensive, and a slightly enriched feed water could mean a lot in the price of the final product. Some biochemical processes, such as the photosynthesis of Chlorella 1, have been shown to give a small separation between light and heavy water. We have tried to investigate some further possibilities and measured the heavy-water content of water from some industrial biological and microbiological processes.
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CARLBOM, L., SKJÖLDEBRAND, R. & ELSEN, N. Enrichment of Heavy Water by a Biological Method. Nature 177, 988 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177988a0
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