RADIOLYSIS OF CH$sub 3$COOCH$sub 3$ AND CO$sub 3$COOCD$sub 3$ BY COBALT-60 $gamma$-RAYS

Technical Report · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1957

OSTI ID:4301956

Ausloos, P; Trumbore, C N

ABS>Results of studies on the radiolysis of liquid snd gaseous CH/sub 3/ COOCH/sub 3/ and CH/sub 3/COOCD/sub 3/ by Co/sup 60/ gamma radiation are reported. Yields of the volatile radiation decomposition products were studied as a function of temperature, dose, and the presence of added radical scavengers. A comparison of the isotopic hydrogen, methane, ethane, and dimethyl ether species present in these prcducts provides information about possible primary processes, hot radical effects, and radicai disproportionation and recombination reactions within the liquid cage. Recombination of methyl radicals originating from the same parent molecule as well as abstraction reactions between radicals in the same cage are postulated to explain the non-statistical yields of CH/sub 3/CD/sub 3/ and the high yields of CH/sub 3/D and CH/sub 3/OCD/sub 3/ in the liquid phase. (auth)

• Research Organization: Rochester, N.Y. Univ.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-004522
• OSTI ID: 4301956
• Report Number(s): NP-7074
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACETATES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
COBALT 60
DECOMPOSITION
DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
DISPROPORTIONATION
EFFICIENCY
ETHANE
ETHERS
FREE RADICALS
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SOURCES
HYDROGEN
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIQUIDS
METHANE
METHYL RADICALS
RADIATION CHEMISTRY
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOLYSIS
TEMPERATURE
VOLATILITY