[ RadSafe ] Can tritium produce bremsstrahlung?

[Brian Rees]

Oh rats, my favorite source of winning beer will be gone.  Most folks will 
bet that you can't, but go find a tritium exit sign.  Any time you get 
10^11 or 10^12 things occurring every second even low probability things 
happen.  It's not a stupid question at all, just go try it.

Brian Rees



At 12:04 PM 2/21/2006, Jon Stieglitz wrote:
>Could someone please tell me if a beta pancake is able to detect tritium in
>any amounts?  I have heard from reputable sources that it can.  Obviously
>the beta is too weak to be detected so as I understand it, the only way
>would be to detect the bremsstrahlung radiation.  Is tritium energetic
>enough to produce bremsstrahlung?  Can anyone tell me how much would be
>needed?  I apologize if this is a stupid question but nobody has totally
>answered the question to my satisfaction.
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>J. Stieglitz
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