Lithium-6 uses 1

[Military]

An email came to me asking what are the military uses of lithium-6 are. Apparently a large order has been placed an no one knows why.

 

[nitpik]

dont know much about it but entering term 'lithium-6' into the search line of

http://www.google.com

gets you to the following among other things:

http://www.osti.gov/html/osti/opennet/document/press/pc23.html

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Lithium 6 is tha naturally occuring isotope that is the source material for tritium production. The Dept. of Energy puts Li 6 into large nuclear reactors where the neutron flux splits it into helium (He 4) and tritium (H3). The tritium is used as hydrogen bomb fuel. There are other nuclear uses too.