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How is tritium made from sea water?(a) By bombarding lithium(b) By bonding with carbon(c) By bombarding Beryllium(d) By reacting with oxygenI have been asked this question in final exam.This interesting question is from Nuclear Fission & Nuclear Fusion topic in section Nuclear Power Plant of Energy Engineering

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Correct option is (a) By BOMBARDING lithium

To ELABORATE: Tritium is MADE by seawater by bombarding with lithium. Lithium is a chemical element with ATOMIC NUMBER: 3 and Mass number: 6.941 u ±0.002 u. Because of its relative nuclear instability, lithium is less common in the solar system.



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