An Experimental Comparison of the Chemical Effects of Deuterons and of Alpha Particles on Methane and n-Butane.

The Radiation Chemistry Of Organic Substances

“…(3) On longer irradiation the ethane itself is attacked, higher hydrocarbons are formed, and ultimately a liquid product appears (306,379). Ethane, as expected, gives a liquid product more quickly than methane (376,377,458), and methane is also produced (306,377,379). Similar results have been found for higher hydrocarbons (295,306,377,379).…”

Radiation Chemistry. V. Effect of Molecular Size

“…Sheppard and Whitehead (27) have studied a range of fatty acids (c/. Breger (1), Honig and Sheppard (18), Sheppard and V. L. Burton (26), Honig (17)). Hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane are produced in approximated equal yield in the radiolysis of acetic acid.…”

Effects of High-energy Radiation on Organic Compounds.

“…The essential information required is knowledge of relative reactivity (under irradiation) of compounds and bonds of various types, of the relative effects of different kinds of radiation, and of the nature of the compounds produced. Much of this information is in the literature prior to the establishment of the Atomic Energy Projects, and some of it has been obtained outside of the projects, notably by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology group (7,8,14,15), even during World War II.…”