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Learning Finnish Through Water Isotopes
When extreme curiosity = maximum engagement
Last night, I was watching a YouTube video of Finns taste-testing dozens of water brands. While these taste-testing videos are over-recycled amongst Finnish influencers, they are useful for Finnish vocabulary. There are videos of them trying all the flavors of Pringles, all the Karl Fazer chocolate flavors, etc.
A random curious thought popped into my mind:
What would deuterium water (heavy water) taste like? A water molecule will always have 2 atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. However, differing numbers of neutrons in each atom can change the isotopes of water. Most water’s hydrogen atoms only contain 1 proton and no neutrons. But deuterium water (heavy water) has hydrogen atoms with 1 proton and 1 neutron.
Tritium water’s hydrogen atoms have 1 proton and 2 neutrons. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.
I decided to ask ChatGPT in Finnish asking for corrections to my grammar. I talk more about this process here:
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