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spullara 2 hours ago

A US gallon of deuterium water costs roughly $2,600 to $3,800, while a gallon of pure tritium water (super-heavy water) would cost about $44 million.

BizarroLand an hour ago | parent [-]

Makes me want to go to the ocean and start filtering out water somehow.

inigyou 21 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

You can centrifuge it. Heavier molecules move closer to the bottom. Repeat until you reach the desired purity.

You need shitloads of ordinary water to extract a liter of heavy water. And I'd be surprised if there's any superheavy water in that, because tritium radioactively decays.

Fun fact: Heavy water is slightly toxic to humans. If you only drank heavy water, you'd die as it shifts the chemical reactions in your body out of balance. A moderate amount is fine though.

danbruc 17 minutes ago | parent [-]

Another fun fact - heavy water has a sweet taste.

delecti 24 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

There are a variety of ways to do it, but you'd want to be careful that you don't attract attention from your local nuclear regulatory agency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water#Production_methods