Reduction of weighing errors caused by tritium decay heating [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Livermore, Calif. : Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1978.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: 11 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Restrictions on Access:
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- The deuterium-tritium source gas mixture for laser targets is formulated by weight. Experiments show that the maximum weighing error caused by tritium decay heating is 0.2% for a 104-cm/sup 3/ mix vessel. Air cooling the vessel reduces the weighing error by 90%.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:ucrl-52406
ucrl-52406 - Subject(s):
- Other Subject(s):
- Thermonuclear Fuels
- Fabrication
- Decay
- Deuterium Tritides
- Errors
- Radiation Heating
- Targets
- Tritium
- Weight
- Beta Decay Radioisotopes
- Beta-Minus Decay Radioisotopes
- Deuterium Compounds
- Fuels
- Heating
- Hydrogen Compounds
- Hydrogen Isotopes
- Isotopes
- Labelled Compounds
- Light Nuclei
- Nuclei
- Odd-Even Nuclei
- Radioactive Materials
- Radioisotopes
- Tritium Compounds
- Years Living Radioisotopes
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/10/1978.
"ucrl-52406"
Shaw, J.F. - Funding Information:
- W-7405-ENG-48
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