Tritium (³H) is used in glowing "EXIT" signs conveniently located where there is no electricity for lightbulbs. What decay route is likely for tritium?

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Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen and decays through beta decay, where a neutron is converted to a proton, an electron, and an electron antineutrino. This results in the emission of a beta particle (F1F1F1S1β) and the formation of an isotope of helium-3 (H3). Therefore, the most likely decay route for tritium is (F1F1F1S1βF1F1F10 emission), which is option B.

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