Element
tritium
trit·i·um [ trit-ee-uhm, trish-, trish-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Radioisotopes;
Hydrogen
Definitions related to tritium:
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Radioactive mass three isotope of hydrogen.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The radioactive isotope of hydrogen also known as hydrogen-3. It contains two NEUTRONS and one PROTON in its nucleus and decays to produce low energy BETA PARTICLES.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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