On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote: > Might be tritium in aLESS THAN NORMAL STATE OF NUCLEAR EXCITATION, only 300 eV.What would keep T decay from showing up in a vacuum?
It would show up, with enough time. It is just that its concentration adjacent to the film would be low because it is being pumped out. The 300 eV betas from T still in the Pd is screened by the Pd.
Regards, Horace Heffner