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Unlimited-Tritium, as a form of Hydrogen, is found naturally in air and water. Most hydrogen is made up of one proton, and an orbital electron, but tritium has two extra neutrons in the nucleus. In nature, it is produced by cosmic rays in two source terms: 14N + 1n ---> 3H + 12Cand2H + 2H ---> 3H + 1

Tritium is not normally considered to be naturally occurring. The amounts produced by cosmic rays are trace. To produce it in meaningful amounts you need either a nuclear reactor or bomb. Besides it decays rapidly, in 61.3 years any present now is effectively gone.

All current nuclear reactors are fission reactors, tritium has no function in a fission reactor, in standard water moderated reactors deuterium also has no function, in heavy water moderated reactors deuterium is the moderator.

If we are ever able to make a fusion reactor, deuterium/tritium mix will be used as fuel.

they are the isotopes of hydrogen.

1) hydrogen: proton=1 electron=1 neutron=0

2) deutrium: P=1 E=1 N=1

3) trituim: P=1 E=1 N=2

For info tritruim is the only one that has radiation (LIGHT)

In ordinary water, exactly 0 atoms as Tritium decays too rapidly (halflife 12.26 years) for any that was on earth when it formed (billions of years ago) to remain. In contaminated water, either deliberately or accidentally, it would depend on how much contaminate was added and the tritium concentration in it. Tritium can only be manufactured somewhere there is a high neutron flux (e.g., nuclear reactor or bomb, a star).

The mass number of Tritium is 3, however actual mass is 3.017005 AMU.

The difference between all three is the number of neutrons. Elements are classified by the number of protons in the nucleus. The number of protons never changes between hydrogen, tritium and deuterium.

Tritium occurs naturally in all water. The highest average annual tritium level measured in the drinking water of Canadian communities neighbouring nuclear facilities is about 18 Bq/l. Th drinking water limits recommended by Health Canada is 7,000 Bq/l.

Some physical properties of thorium are:

-density: 11,724 g/cm3

-melting point: 1 750 0C

-boiling point: 4 788 0C\

-Mohs hardness: 3

-crystallization system: face-centered cubic

-thermal conductivity: 54 W/m.K

-electrical resitivity: 157 nohm.m

-paramagnetic

All have exactly 1 proton and 1 electron. protium : 0 neutrons deuterium : 1 neutron tritium : 2 neutrons

Tritium.

What did you think it was?

The half-life is the time that it will take for half of the atoms in a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay into another element or isotope. This is a constant property of the isotope and does not depend on the sample size.

4.472 g/cm-3 as a solid

4.24 g/cm-3 as a liquid

The difference between deuterium and tritium is one neutron.

Deuterium has one proton and one neutron, 12H, while tritium has one proton and two neutrons, 13H.

An isotope is an atom that has a different number of neutrons. Since the identity of the atom is based on the number of protons, the number of neutrons does not change the atom's identity, but it does change its nuclear structure and stability.

Normal hydrogen is hydrogen-1, also called protium, with one proton and no neutrons. Isotopes of hydrogen can range from hydrogen-1 to hydrogen-7, the latter having one proton and six neutrons. Of these seven isotopes, only three are sufficiently stable to readily observe.

Hydrogen-1, protium, again, is the most common form, accounting for 99.985% of the hydrogen found in nature. It is stable. Hydrogen-2, also called deuterium, having one proton and one neutron, accounts for 0.015% of the hydrogen found in nature. It is also stable. Hydrogen-3, also called tritium, has one proton and two neutrons. It is unstable, and not normally found in nature except for trace amounts formed from the interaction of cosmic rays and the atmosphere. It is also formed in various nuclear reactions inside of reactors.

The half-life of tritium is 12.32 years, decaying by Beta- decay.

Half-life is the amount of time for a particular radioactive isotope to decay into one half of its original mass. It is a logarithmic process, meaning that, at the end of successive half-lives, there are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc. of the original mass remaining. The equation for half-life is ...

AT = A0 2(-T/H)

... where A0 is the starting mass, AT is the ending mass after some time T, and H is the half-life in units of T. Each isotope has its own half-life, and measurement of the half-life can aid in the identification of the isotope.

Beta- decay is a process where a neutron is converted to a proton by the emission of a W- boson, which then decays into an electron and an electron antineutrino. Since, in the case of tritium, we are changing one neutron into a proton, the tritium becomes helium (two protons, two neutrons) in this process.

Protium, a rarely used name for hydrogen, has an atomic mass number of one, as well as an atomic number of one.

Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen that has 1 neutron (an ordinary hydrogen atom has none). A nucleus of tritium has 2 neutrons.

• as boost gas in hollow core variable yield fission bombs
• with deuterium as fuel for cryogenic liquid fueled fusion bombs
• with deuterium as boost gas mix in sealed hollow core high efficiency fission bombs or fission triggers for fusion bombs
• in electric pulse neutron sources
• as a radioisotope tracer for hydrogen in molecules
• in sealed ampules in some "glow in the dark" watches and instruments to make a phosphor glow so the display is visible (sort of a "safer" replacement for radium)
• in neon lamps and signs to help them start faster and more consistently
• etc.

A neutron in the nucleus of the tritium atom decays into a proton and an electron and an antielectron neutrino. The proton remains in the nucleus causing the atomic number to increase by 1 as the atom becomes that of a different element while mass number remains the same, He3. The electron and antielectron neutrino are emitted from the nucleus.

Generally, tritium is commercially produced by neutron activation of Lithium-6 in a nuclear reactor.

Particularly high neutron energies are not required for this reaction to take place.

It can also be a byproduct of heavy water reactors, as neutrons can be captured by the deuterons in the heavy water.

An isotope of a chemical element is an atom that has the same number of protons (this also means this atom has the same atomic number) and electrons, but has a different numbers on neutrons. The isotope is radioactive if it has too many neutrons in the nucleus and because of this the isotope is unstable.

The half-life of a radioactive isotope is a time period. When the isotope is at the end of the period it's weight will be the half of the starter weight.

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