tritium

German: Tritium
Japanese: トリチウム

Physics. Chemical symbol T or 3H. Radioactive isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of 12.3 years. Tritium has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus and emits weak beta-rays. In biochemistry it is used as a tracer which is easily incorporated into complex molecules and then detected by autoradiography.

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