tritium - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

Whether this isotope achieves self-sufficiency depends on the TBR. This isotope is the desired product of lithium breeding blankets. (20[1])This (20[1])is the lightest isotope (0[1])that can be studied with liquid scintillation counting. Neutron generators can use either zero or one (0[1])atoms of this isotope. (20[1]0[1])This isotope is the lighter (0[1])of (0[1])two atoms that are produced from upper-atmosphere collisions of nitrogen-14 and (0[1])a fast neutron. This is the heaviest isotope that is central to the pellets in (*) inertial confinement (0[1])reactors. This isotope, which has a half-life of 12 years, (0[1])undergoes (10[2])beta-minus decay into (10[2])helium-3. (10[1]0[2])This isotope has two neutrons (10[2]0[1])and one proton. (10[4]0[1])For 10 points, (10[2]0[4])name (0[1])this isotope (0[2])that is (10[1])one dalton heavier than deuterium. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[15]0[2])

ANSWER: tritium [or hydrogen-3 or H-3 or 3H or T; reject just "hydrogen"] ("TBR" is "tritium breeding ratio.")

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jonathan Ouyang	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lindbergh	18	20
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit A	Johns Creek	19	20
Ameya Bhalerao	Downingtown STEM	Northside College Prep	23	0
Sean Harbison	West Point	Lambert B	39	0
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Hunter A	43	20
Tony Han	Kane County AT	Fairfield County AT	43	0
Brandon Torres	Carl Sandburg	Innovation Academy B	48	0
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Walter Payton A	49	0
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Detroit Catholic Central A	60	0
Alex Zhang	Hinsdale Central A	Belmont	77	0
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Barrington	87	0
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Classen SAS	88	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Chattahoochee A	88	10
Gugan Thuduppathy	Montgomery Blair A	Park Tudor	91	10
Yongle Xin	Montgomery Blair B	Parkway West	91	10
Aadi Pudasaini	Lexington	Strake Jesuit B	92	0
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery	Wayzata	92	0
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Winston Churchill B	92	10
Reed Karosich	Coronado	Herron	97	10
Luke Whitehead	Lee's Summit	Okemos	97	0
Aaryan Sumesh	Thomas Jefferson A	Westwood	97	10
Maxwell Swann	Centennial A	Milton	100	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Grosse Pointe South	100	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Lincoln-Way East B	100	0
Nathan Liang	Thomas Jefferson C	Page	100	10
Kevin Qiu	Wayzata	Richard Montgomery	100	10
Draco Qiao	Carmel A	Carmel B	103	0
Beckett Pursey	Edina	Winston Churchill A	103	0
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	Saint Joseph	103	0
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Virginia	103	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Quince Orchard	103	0
Rochan Saireddy	Lambert B	West Point	103	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Seven Lakes	104	0
Amber Dong	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Northmont	106	0
Roman Salda	Yukon B	Detroit Catholic Central C	106	0
Justin Jiang	Russell	Walter Payton B	108	10
Danny "Raj" Morris	Strake Jesuit B	Lexington	113	10
George Aljarbo	Detroit Catholic Central C	Yukon B	113	0
Russell Dillak	Northmont	Adlai E. Stevenson B	114	10
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Hinsdale Central A	114	10
Sreyas Sabbani	Innovation Academy B	Carl Sandburg	114	10
Anna Liao	Carmel B	Carmel A	114	10
Chris Goolsby	Detroit Catholic Central A	Audrain County AT	114	10
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Downingtown STEM	114	10
Tyler Song	Winston Churchill A	Edina	114	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Hunter B	114	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Kane County AT	114	10
Stephen Langdon	Lincoln-Way East B	Irvington	114	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	White Pigeon	114	10
Daniel Leung	Okemos	Lee's Summit	114	10
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Georgetown Day	114	10
Alex Bach	Yukon A	Thomas Jefferson E	114	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Uni School of Nashville B	114	0
Drew Dietrich	Quince Orchard	Walker	114	0
Grant Liu	Walter Payton A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	35	91%	9%	0%	98.34