TRITIUM DOSAGE IN A PROPORTIONAL COUNTER. PART II. PREPARATION OF THE SAMPLES (in French)
The organic compound containing tritium is burnt with an oxygen current and the combustion water is transferred in vacuo to a tabe which contains magnesium turnings; the tube is then sealed and heated to 550 deg C for 1 hour. The tritium produced by the hydrogen reduction is measured by means of a proportional counter containing methane. Neither the combustion equipment nor the magnesium turnings are the source of hydrogen or of other gas, so that the specific activity measurement of the reducing hydrogen can be used to determine the tritium concentration in the organic compound. The memory effect in the combustion equipment is negligible, and the error made in the whole operation is about 1.5%. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Universite, Liege; Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire, Brussels
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-014637
- OSTI ID:
- 4159230
- Journal Information:
- Nukleonik (West Germany) Discontinued with vol. 12, Journal Name: Nukleonik (West Germany) Discontinued with vol. 12 Vol. Vol: 1; ISSN NUKKA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- French
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