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Space/Science » in reply to Re: Deuterium/Hydrogen Mars ratio.

Re: Deuterium/Hydrogen Mars ratio.

The H2O is photolytically decomposed by UV radiation high in the atmosphere where there's no lightning.

Nevertheless, most of the H recombines naturally but some is lost. It is this cycle of H2O to H and OH or H and O and back again that really allows a strong isotopic enrichment of D vs H.

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