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With the increasing use of tritium as a radioactive tracer for biochemical studies, the availability of a simple and accurate method for the determination of this isotope in organic compounds and especially in biological materials is of considerable practical importance. Because of the low energy of the β-emanation from tritium disintegration (0.018 MEV), direct counting of thin films of tritiated material using end-window or gas-flow counters is not well suited for precise measurements.
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von Jensen, E. (1961). Determination of tritium in biological material. In: Schwiegk, H., Turba, F. (eds) Künstliche Radioaktive Isotope in Physiologie Diagnostik und Therapie/Radioactive Isotopes in Physiology Diagnostics and Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-92819-2_3
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