Tritium peroxide

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Properties of T2O. Some important physical properties of T2O are Hsted in Table 2. Tritium oxide [14940-65-9] can be prepared by catalytic oxidation of T2 or by reduction of copper oxide using tritium gas. T2O, even of low (2—19% T) isotopic abundance, undergoes radiation decomposition to form HT and O2. Decomposition continues, even at 77 K, when the water is fro2en. Pure tritiated water irradiates itself at the rate of 10 MGy/d (10 rad/d). A stationary concentration of tritium peroxide, T2O2, is always present (9). AH of these factors must be taken into account in evaluating the physical constants of a particular sample of T2O. 

Lithium Oxide. Lithium oxide [12057-24-8], Li20, can be prepared by heating very pure lithium hydroxide to about 800°C under vacuum or by thermal decomposition of the peroxide (67). Lithium oxide is very reactive with carbon dioxide or water. It has been considered as a potential high temperature neutron target for tritium production (68). 

The synthesis of lithium aluminates for tritium production requires formation of nanostructured phases. These can be made by solid-state reaction, by appropriate mixing of oxide powders [84] or by sol-gel methods [80, 85-87], One technique is the peroxide route where y-Al203 and LiC03 are dissolved in a peroxide (H202) solution. Evaporation of water and calcining the solid residue results in nanophase LiA102. 

The spectra of tritium and of carbon-14 were obtained wit) unquenched standard samples containing toluene labelled with or with in a PPO-POPOP-toluene cocktail. For inducing chemiluminescence reactions we mixed 10 ml of scintillator solution according to Butler (1961) with 0.5 ml of a saturated benzoyl peroxide solution in toluene and with 0.5 ml Hyamine 10-X. 

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