Subject: Re: baidarka stability
From: James Mitchell (mariner@seanet.com)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 01:59:57 EST
Besides, we wouldn't need lights at night.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter A. Chopelas" <pac@premier1.net>
To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:43 PM
Subject: RE: baidarka stability
> On Thursday, December 21, 2000 1:34 PM, dldecker@se.mediaone.net
> [SMTP:dldecker@se.mediaone.net] wrote:
> >
> > well what about heavy water they use in nuclear power plants does it
> weight
> > more??
> >
> > Dana
> >
>
> You are not likely to carry that in a kayak, but just in case someone
wants
> to one-up the uranium ballast and build a fusion powered kayak, according
> to the CRC handbook of chemistry and physics, pure Deuterium (D2O, also
> known as heavy water) weighs about 10 percent more than pure water.
>
> If I remember correctly heavy water refers to water that has more
Deuterium
> atoms in it than normal. Deuterium occurs in water naturally, they just
> need to concentrate it to sustain the reaction in a nuclear power plant.
> It is a normal water molecule with an extra neutron attached to the
> nucleus of the hydrogen atoms. This is way it does not weigh much more
> than normal water and I do not think they need pure Deuterium to get the
> reactions to start. When the reaction occurs the neutron is thrown off
> (the tell tail sign of the reaction is neutrino radiation), gamma rays,
and
> a whole bunch of heat.
>
> Perhaps a good way to warm your feet and keep the hot chocolate warm, as
> well as ballast.
>
> Peter
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