Re: Missing H-3

[Mike McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov>]

>Mr Jo wrote:
>
>> We boiled about 20 ml of tritiated water... The initial H-3 activity in
>> the water is 2400 dpm/ml and the condensated water activity is about 1800
>> dpm/ml...

The tritiated water vaporizes more slowly because it has a larger mass.
Some "heavy" water vaporizes, but not as much as the "light" water.

"Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)


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