Interaction of hydrogen with radiolysis products in NaCl solution - comparing pulse radiolysis experiments with simulations

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 426-434

  Kelm, M ^a   Metz, V ^a   Bohnert, E ^a   Janata, E ^b   Bube, C ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloride; Dichloride anion; Hydrogen; Pulse radiolysis; Rate constant

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; CHLORIDE; DICHLORIDE ANION; DISPROPORTIONATION REACTIONS; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PARTIAL PRESSURES; KINETIC MODELS; NACL SOLUTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; RADIOLYSIS PRODUCTS; TIME SPAN; ZERO IONIC STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM ALLOYS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

RADIOLYSIS;

HYDROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650839487     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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