Light Water

Light water may refer to:

  • Water, especially
    • water that is not heavy water
    • water used as coolant in a light water reactor
  • Deuterium-depleted water, water that is lighter than normal water

Famous quotes containing the words light and/or water:

    Poor Casey Jones he was all right,
    He stuck by his duty both day an’ night,
    —Unknown. Casey Jones. . .

    Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)

    Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation. They told me that they had some in the ice-houses at Fresh Pond five years old which was as good as ever. Why is it that a bucket of water soon becomes putrid, but frozen remains sweet forever? It is commonly said that this is the difference between the affections and the intellect.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)