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  • adjective (Chem.) containing tritium; -- of chemical compounds.

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  • adjective chemistry Describing a compound which has had some of its normal hydrogen (protium) replaced with the heavy isotope tritium.

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Examples

  • Since only one T entered the C-1 position of the fructose-6P at equilibrium in tritiated water the abstraction and exchange with solvent were stereospecific.

    Irwin Rose - Autobiography 2005

  • Inhaled tritium spreads throughout the soft tissues and tritiated water mixes quickly with all the water in the body.

    Nuclear fusion power 2009

  • Lipsky also had a sample of tritiated water which together with his counter got me started on experiments I wanted to do.

    Irwin Rose - Autobiography 2005

  • At the same time, the company also said that the tritium levels in the first contaminated well had risen again and were now above federal safe drinking water standards of 20000 picocuries per liter.www. rutlandherald.com BRATTLEBORO -- Vermont Yankee revealed Wednesday that last week it discovered about 150 gallons of tritiated water in a trench in its radioactive waste building.

    WN.com - Articles related to Clean fuel, icky origins 2010

  • Also not such a good idea to have tritiated water, which is good at causing cancer.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

  • Most tritium in the environment is in the form of tritiated water, which easily moves about in the atmosphere, bodies of water, soil and rock.

    Green Mountain Daily - Front Page 2010

  • "However, in the search for the source of contamination, we learned that, in fact, a leak of underground piping containing tritiated water could be involved," Lynch wrote to Chairman Gregory Jaczko.

    RutlandHerald.com 2010

  • At the same time, the company also said that the tritium levels in the first contaminated well had risen again and were now above federal safe drinking water standards of 20000 picocuries per liter.www. rutlandherald.com BRATTLEBORO -- Vermont Yankee revealed Wednesday that last week it discovered about 150 gallons of tritiated water in a trench in its radioactive waste building.

    WN.com - Articles related to Clean fuel, icky origins 2010

  • However, in the search for the source of contamination, we learned that, in fact, a leak of underground piping containing tritiated water could be involved.

    Democracy for New Hampshire - Growing the grassroots in New Hampshire's political landscape 2010

  • Most tritium in the environment is in the form of tritiated water, which easily moves about in the atmosphere, bodies of water, soil and rock.

    Green Mountain Daily - Front Page BP 2010

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