Talk:Tritium

message: I am confused by this excerpt "it is not dangerous externally (its beta particles are unable to penetrate the skin), but it can be a radiation hazar when... absorbed through the skin." Jawz101 (talk) 18:15, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Beta particles (electrons) can't penetrate the skin, but if a beta source was absorbed into your body, the beta particles could damage the DNA inside your body. Does this answer your question? Graystormmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 16:41, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  skin health risk 

message: "The nucleus of tritium (t, sometimes called a triton) contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of the common isotope hydrogen-1 (protium) contains just one proton, and that of hydrogen-2 (deuterium) contains one proton and one neutron."
This is ambiguous. I think it should read "just one proton and no neutrons" ... at least that's the way I can read it relating it to the previous phrase. WithGLEE (talk) 16:20, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguous 

message: In the section "Production", subsection "Lithium", i edited the wikicode for the nuclear reactions, so that it is vastly more concise. I think un-concise wikicode looks ugly. In the process i also changed the notation for tritium from "T" to "H"; to be in line with what IUPAC recommends, and with the idea of a single chemical symbol for each element, a practise which is followed (with at most a few exceptions) for every element other than hydrogen. Okay?--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 03:46, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I also removed similar clutter in the subsection "Boron".--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 04:18, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Clutter out

message: To add to this article: at least a brief mention of organically bound tritium. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 04:15, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  To add to article 

message: As of 7/22/23, the first image in the article shows a nucleus with 2 red spheres and 1 blue sphere. Graphic depictions of atoms conventionally color proteins red and neutrons blue/black, so the image appears to show Helium-3 instead. Marchantiophyta (talk) 15:14, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading image 

message: Tritium#Environmental contamination currently has a globalize template. It does not quite make sense because:
* US makes a lot of the reactor models sold globally, so the amounts should make sense anywhere; we have a "Annual discharge of tritium from nuclear facilities" template anyways
* Improperly disposed signs will leak regardless of country
Artoria2e5 🌉 01:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalize not needed 

message: In Properties it says "Combined with oxygen, it forms a liquid called tritiated water (T2O)." Then in Health Risks it says "Tritium is an isotope of hydrogen, which allows it to readily bind to hydroxyl radicals, forming tritiated water (HTO), and two carbon atoms.", followed by frequent use of "HTO" in the rest of the Health Risks section. My chemistry knowledge is limited, so is it T2O or HTO? Or are they different and I'm misunderstanding the sentence about binding with hydroxyl radicals? MajorBean (talk) 15:55, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The chemical formula T2O means that the water molecule contains two tritium atoms, while HTO means that only one of the two hydrogen atoms in the molecule is tritium, the other being "normal" hydrogen. So it's two different types of molecules which are both called "tritiated water" here.Roentgenium111 (talk) 17:57, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency or wording?