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THE deuterium content of naturally occurring water has so far been determined by two methods—from the mass-spectrogram of the hydrogen derived from it; and from the specific gravity of deuterium-free water. The former method1 gave for the abundance ratio H/D the value 5000 ±500, while two discrepant values2,3 have been obtained by the latter, namely 9000 and 5750±250.
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EDWARDS, A., BELL, R. & WOLFENDEN, J. Deuterium Content of Naturally Occurring Water. Nature 135, 793 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135793c0
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