An investigation has been made into the possibility of changing the separation factor for the fractionation of the isotopes of hydrogen during the distillation of water by the addition of various solutes to the system. The experimental procedure involved the direct determination of the separation factor for the system under study by analysis of the two phases at equilibrium, rather than carrying out experiments on solutions in the pure waters and attempting subsequent predictions which could be in serious error. The results indicate that there is little possibility of improving the separation by additions to the
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