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Heavy water (water formed from deuterium and oxygen, not hydrogen and oxygen) does not have different taste. However its higher viscosity may give it a different "feel" in the mouth making it less palatable.

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What happends when heavy water comes out the muffler?

No heavy water in the muffler.


What is heavy water and why did Hitler want some?

Heavy water is water with some gases extracted.if you put it in a barrel and put the barrel in water the barrel would sink.Theonly reason Hitler wanted heavy water was because heavy water is used in atomic bombs.the only place he could get the heavy water was Norway. fortunately the Brit's blew up the only cargo ship carrying the heavy water back to Germany...some heavy water is lost in a lake somewhere in norway...lost in time forever.


When the Germans were trying to get the heavy water were they trying to get it from an ocean or what?

Heavy water occurs naturally in all water in a proportion of about one part in twenty million. In order to get a certain amount of heavcy water you have to isolate the heavy molecules out of a large quantity of water. The Germans used fresh water because there would have been no point in having to desalinize before they could even begin isolating the heavy water from the regular water. Heavy water is heavy because one of the hydrogen atoms in the water molecule has a neutron in its nucleus along with the proton.


How do you separate heavy water?

Heavy water can be separated from regular water through a process called fractional distillation. This method takes advantage of the slightly different boiling points of the two types of water due to the presence of deuterium in heavy water. By heating the mixture and collecting the vapor at the right temperature, heavy water can be obtained.


The difference between a sample of heavy water and regular water is that a hydrogen atom in heavy water has an extra?

The difference is that a hydrogen atom in heavy water, or deuterium oxide, contains an extra neutron in its nucleus compared to a hydrogen atom in regular water. This extra neutron increases the atomic mass of the heavy water molecule compared to regular water.