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Answer to Question #159 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Environmental and Background Radiation — Soil and Fallout

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Is there data on the absorption and desorption rates for T2O in an atmosphere of lower relative humidity?
A
A good source of general information and references for T20 and H20 relationships can be found in Sources of Tritium and its Behavior upon Release to the Environment by Don Jacobs. The book is published by the USAEC Technical Information Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is also given as TID-23635, U.S. Department of Commerce and Library of Congress Card No. 68-67209. Chapter 4 in Jacobs' book is particularly helpful.

Michael Murray
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