Question

Protium has a greater relative abundance than tritium.

(a) true

(b) false

This question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

This intriguing question comes from Dihydrogen & H2 in chapter Hydrogen of Chemistry – Class 11

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) true

The explanation: Yes, the above statement is true because protium has a relative abundance greater than that of tritium. The relative abundance of protium is 99.98%, the relative abundance of deuterium as 0.0156% and tritium is 10-15%.