tritium
nounUK /ˈtɹɪt.i.əm/ · US /ˈtɹɪt.i.əm/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + New Latin -ium. By surface analysis, trit- + -ium.
1
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, ³H or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.
2
An atom of this isotope.
- Electrochemical polymerization of the 1,2-tritiated monomer produced a polymer in which all of the tritiums were eliminated except for those located at the ends of the chains1998, Donald Lee Wise, Electrical and optical polymer systems, →ISBN, page 765:
- Derived terms
- antitritium, tritigenic, tritium oxide
- Related terms
- triton