Title: THE RADIOLYSIS OF N-HEXANE AT LOW INTEGRAL DOSE (3 X 10$sup 18$ TO 1 X 10$sup 20$ ev ml)
Abstract: Hexane samples were irradiated from a Co/sup 60/ source at a small integral dose of 3 to l00 x l0/sup 18/ ev'/ml at a constant dose rate of 6.6 x l0/ sup 14/ ev/ml-sec. The gaseous radiolytic products (methane, ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene. butane, and butene-1) were determined by gaseous chromatography. The data were found to fit the relationship: lg P =lg k +lg D, that is, P = k D/sup a/, where P isthe yield of gaseous product and D is the dose. It was found that a(c/sub 1/ to c/sub 4/) = 0.92, a(c/sub 2/to c/sub 4/-the alkanes) =0.92 and a (c/sub 2/ to c/sub 4/- the alkenes) = 0.88. The difference in yields can be explained by hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds. The G yields (mols/l0O ev) for the gaseous hydrolytic products were found to be 0.4l for methane, 0.82 for ethane, 0.62 for ethylene, 0.68 for propane, 0.3l for propylene, 0.65 for butane, and 0.24 for butene-l. (TTT)
Publication Year: 1961
Publication Date: 1961-12-21
Language: en
Type: article
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