Ionization in liquid hydrocarbons: γ radiolysis yields and electron range distribution functions
- 15 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 60 (12) , 4657-4659
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1680963
Abstract
The use of an exponential distribution of initial separation distances in thermalized electron‐ion pairs in γ irradiated liquid hydrocarbons leads to the calculation of total ionization yields of Gtot = 5–6. The distribution possesses a power function tail (y−3) at large initial separations (y). The concepts of ionization and excitation in a liquid are briefly dicussed.Keywords
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