Description
Schematic of deuterium production using the Girdler sulfide process. Cold ordinary water (“cold tower”, left) is exposed to hydrogen sulfide (orange). The gas is then fed into the hot water column (“hot tower”, right). In the hot part, deuterium “prefers” hydrogen sulphide rather than water, so the concentration of deuterium in the gas increases slightly while that in the water decrease. The enriched gas goes back into the cool part, where deuterium in turn prefers water to hydrogen sulfide, so water richer in deuterium comes out of the cool part.
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