Effect of electron energy on the radiation chemistry of liquid water

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-169

  Pimblott, Simon M ^a   LaVerne, Jay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER;

EID: 0031821827     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579851     Document Type: Article

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