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by woadwarrior01 16 hours ago
Deuterium or tritium? Deuterium is a stable isotope and does not decay.
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Probably deuterium. Half-life doesn't only mean radioactive decay, it also means the rate at which a medication is broken down or excreted from the body. Tritium is more likely to be used as a radioactive tracer.