Tritium

Name:
Tritium
Detailed information:
T. Radioactive isotope of hydrogen, mass number 3, isotopic weight 3.017 (two neutrons and one proton in the nucleus).

Properties:

Half-life 12.5 years, radiation β, radiotoxic material.

Derivation:

Bombardment of lithium with low-energy neutrons.

Available Forms:

Gas packaged in ampules and in tagged compounds such as water, streptomycin, cortisone, epinephrine, octadecane, stearic acid, etc.

Use:

Bombarding particle in cyclotrons, activator in self-luminous phosphors, in cold cathode tubes, tracer in biochemical research and various special problems in chemical analysis, luminous instrument dials, thermonuclear power research.See Fusion.