tritium
noun
tri·ti·um
ˈtri-tē-əm 
ˈtri-shē-
ˈtri-shē-
: a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus and that has three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen
—symbol T
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And of course, because this is a titanium Kickstarter multitool, there are also the obligatory slots for optional vials of glow-in-the-dark (and slightly radioactive) tritium.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
While deuterium is very common and obtained from water, tritium is very rare.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
The one most scientists prefer is deuterium plus tritium.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Siegfried Hecker, a former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, believes the blasts included two uranium devices that would be suitable for tactical weapons, and one thermonuclear bomb that likely used tritium to boost its yield with a jolt of nuclear fusion.
—Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
While deuterium is very common and obtained from water, tritium is very rare.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
The one most scientists prefer is deuterium plus tritium.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Siegfried Hecker, a former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, believes the blasts included two uranium devices that would be suitable for tactical weapons, and one thermonuclear bomb that likely used tritium to boost its yield with a jolt of nuclear fusion.
—Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
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tritium
noun
tri·ti·um
ˈtrit-ē-əm
ˈtrish-ē-
ˈtrish-ē-
: a rare radioactive form of hydrogen having atoms with three times the mass of ordinary light hydrogen atoms
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tritium
noun
tri·ti·um
ˈtrit-ē-əm
ˈtrish-ē-
ˈtrish-ē-
: a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that has three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen
—symbol T
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