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TRITIUM emits β-particles of such low energies that absorption even in very thin layers of organic matter has to be taken into account. Calculations of the absorption of β-particles within a layer in which tritium is incorporated and in a superimposed layer of organic matter are presented in this communication. For a biological specimen the absorption can be taken as proportional to density.
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PELC, S., WELTON, M. Quantitative Evaluation of Tritium in Autoradiography and Biochemistry. Nature 216, 925–927 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216925a0
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