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The Distribution of Recoil Tritium in Benzoic Acid

Journal Article · · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.33.1629· OSTI ID:4093024

The distribution of recoi8l tritium from Li6 (n, alpha )T in benzoic acid was investigatod. A mixture of benzoic acid and lithium carbonate was irradiated for 15 hr in a reactor flux of 2 x 1011 neutrons/cm2 / sec. After irradiation the tritium in the carboxyl group was removed, the benzoic acid was counted, and derivatives were prepared in order to determine the tritium distributions in the ortho, meta, and para positions by difference of counting rates. The replacement of hydrogen by recoil tritium is found to be dominant at the meta position, and it is concluded that tritium reacts in solids after being thermalized.

Research Organization:
Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokyo
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-15-010979
OSTI ID:
4093024
Journal Information:
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Journal Name: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 33; ISSN 0009-2673
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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