Abstract
The distribution of recoi8l tritium from Li6 (n, alpha )T in benzoic acid was investigatod. A mixture of benzoic acid and lithium carbonate was irradiated for 15 hr in a reactor flux of 2 x 1011 neutrons/cm2 / sec. After irradiation the tritium in the carboxyl group was removed, the benzoic acid was counted, and derivatives were prepared in order to determine the tritium distributions in the ortho, meta, and para positions by difference of counting rates. The replacement of hydrogen by recoil tritium is found to be dominant at the meta position, and it is concluded that tritium reacts in solids after being thermalized.
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