Enrichment of Tritium by Thermal Diffusion and Measurement of Dated Antarctic Snow Samples

A thermal diffusion column allows a recovery of 99 ± 1 percent of the tritium originally contained in about 50 liters at standard temperature and pressure of hydrogen gas in a final volume of 3.8 liters over a 2-day period. After a tenfold enrichment by electrolysis, a tritium concentration of 10 -1...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Buttlar, H. v., Wiik, B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1965
Subjects:
Antarctic
Geiger
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.149.3690.1371
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.149.3690.1371
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Summary:A thermal diffusion column allows a recovery of 99 ± 1 percent of the tritium originally contained in about 50 liters at standard temperature and pressure of hydrogen gas in a final volume of 3.8 liters over a 2-day period. After a tenfold enrichment by electrolysis, a tritium concentration of 10 -18 with an experimental error of a few percent may be measured with a low-level Geiger counter. The results on some well-dated Antarctic snow samples (between 1941 and 1953) are in general agreement with published data.

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