What Happens If You Drink a Glass of Heavy Water?
Sign up for Brilliant for free at https://brilliant.org/scishow/ Heavy water, or deuterium oxide, has some important scientific applications, but let's say you're reeeeaallly thirsty... is...
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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org a problem-solving website that teaches you how to think like a scientist. Mmmm, a refreshing glass of cold water. If you think I’m talking about H-2-O, then you’re right. But I could be sipping on heavy water, or deuterium oxide, aka D-2-O, just as easily. Well, not just as easily… it’s super expensive, and you have to, like, buy it from lab supply stores, but you get my point. Deuterium is a form of hydrogen, or isotope, with a bonus neutron, which makes it twice as heavy as the regular hydrogen we all know and love. That’s why when there’s deuterium in water molecules, it’s about 10% heavier, and we call it ‘heavy water.’ And one of our patrons on Patreon, who goes by Kutsop, wanted to know what woul...
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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org a problem-solving website that teaches you how to think like a scientist. Mmmm, a refreshing glass of cold water. If you think I’m talking about H-2-O, then you’re right. But I could be sipping on heavy water, or deuterium oxide, aka D-2-O, just as easily. Well, not just as easily… it’s super expensive, and you have to, like, buy it from lab supply stores, but you get my point. Deuterium is a form of hydrogen, or isotope, with a bonus neutron, which makes it twice as heavy as the regular hydrogen we all know and love. That’s why when there’s deuterium in water molecules, it’s about 10% heavier, and we call it ‘heavy water.’ And one of our patrons on Patreon, who goes by Kutsop, wanted to know what woul...
