New tritium and deuterium measurements in atmospheric hydrogen

Bernhard Gonsior; Irving Friedman; Georg Lindenmayra

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v18i2-3.9628

New tritium and deuterium measurements in atmospheric hydrogen

Tellus

Volume 18 (1966): Issue 2-3

By: Bernhard Gonsior, Irving Friedman and Georg Lindenmayra

Open Access

|Jan 1966

Abstract

Tritium and deuterium analysis were made on samples of atmospheric hydrogen collected in 1961. A positive correlation exists between tritium and deuterium. The heaviest samples yield a value of about +18% S.M.O.W. for atmospheric hydrogen. The deuterium concentration of the industrial hydrogen varies from -18% to -22%. The industrial hydrogen is partially ascribed to hydrogen from automobile exhaust gas.

The corrected tritium concentration in atmospheric hydrogen continues to increase, doubling every two years. Several large tritium peaks are correlated with Soviet weapons tests.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v18i2-3.9628 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 256 - 261

Submitted on: Feb 8, 1966

Published on: Jan 1, 1966

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1966 Bernhard Gonsior, Irving Friedman, Georg Lindenmayra, published by Stockholm University Press
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