Re: Tritium stratification

[c0etxlim@mrd42.mrd.usace.army.mil (Luke I. McCormick)]

  With HTO being over 20% heavier than H2O I would suspect a stratification
  would be possible.  Luke McCormick 

> 
> Does anyone know if it's possible for tritiated water to "stratify" if kept
> in a large pond which accepts ordinary rainwater?  We're talking about a
> total pond depth of approximately 7 ft. (pond is stagnant, artificial, and
> lined with plastic).  Everything tells me that the concentrations of tritium
> as sampled at any location within the pond should be completely homogeneous,
> but I have data which suggests otherwise.  Please e-mail directly with any
> insights you may have.
> ===============
> Gary L. Schroeder
> Brookhaven National Laboratory
> schroede@mail.sep.bnl.gov
>