D2O1: Day 0

Some things to note:

  • all D2O mixes are mixtures between D2O and DDW
  • SMOW (Standard Mean Ocean Water) is 15mM D2O
  • 1% D2O is 37.5 times more D2O than SMOW so figure ~562mM D2O
  • Because of an unforeseen sunburn (which probably was foreseen by someone) I didn’t get to keep on my schedule. So these were in the fridge until today, a full week after setup. I’ll keep an eye on the sprouting to make sure that everything proceeds as normal, but this may be a throw away experiment.
  • Also, recall that there was a mishap with the 20% D2O sample. There is a huge air bubble in there and that might negate this sample.