Time-resolved study on nonhomogeneous chemistry induced by ionizing radiation with low linear energy transfer in water and polar solvents at room temperature

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 289-324

  De Waele, Vincent ^a   Lampre, Isabelle ^a   Mostafavi, Mehran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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ALPHA PARTICLES; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CLOUD CHAMBERS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POLYMERS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIATION SHIELDING; REACTION KINETICS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SOLVENTS; VISUALIZATION; X RAYS;

DIRECT VISUALIZATION; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LOW LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; RADICAL-RADICAL REACTIONS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SOLVENT DECOMPOSITIONS; TIME RESOLVED STUDIES;

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EID: 84875464461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10389     Document Type: Chapter

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