Tritium Column

Tritium Column is designed as an alternative or compliment to distillation for most routine tritium analyses of aqueous samples. The Tritium Column works by removing metal ions which may be potential interferences in the LSC spectrum of 3H. The Tritium Column is not intended to be an enrichment procedure. Therefore, the Tritium Column should only be used when the required detection limit can be achieved by the direct counting of a 5-10 mL aliquot of the sample processed through the tritium column.

The Diphonix® Resin removes cations in exchange for hydrogen ions, with a theoretical capacity is 0.8 meq per Tritium Column. The anion exchange resin, a chloride form analytical grade 1X8 resin, exchanges anions in the sample for chloride ions. The polymethacrylate resin removes organically bound tritium and carbon-14 and other organic material which may cause quenching in the LSC cocktail.

Please contact us at for specific academic pricing.