Re: tritium oxidation rates

[Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 10:07 11.06.1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Jean-Francois, Stephane wrote:
>According to Okada and Momoshima, Health Physics Volume 65, #6, page 600,
>elemental tritium forms HTO in dry air in the presence of platinum  at a
rate of
>only 1.1% per day.  In moist air in the presence of platinum, it increases to
>28% per day.  Keep this in mind if you decide to do that.


I suppose that the 1.1% is for cold platinum? (Sorry I am at home and do
not have our Health Physics at hand.) If yes, what would the rate of a
heated catalyst be, as proposed in the original message?

Franz


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