Preparation of α-alanine-3H by the interaction of atomic tritium heated up to 2000 K with a solid alanine target at 77 K

Absorption of hydrogen by alanine targets, the target behaviour and the yield of α-alanine-3H were studied in experiments involving straight passage of H and T atoms from the sourse (2000 K) to the target (77 K) as a function of the exposure time. In the studies with 3H2 the radioactivity of the gas phase was decreasing more rapidly than the overall pressure of hydrogen: H3H accumulates more rapidly in the gas phase. Alanine decomposition products were identified. The conditions for the studies of α-alanine-3H are suggested