Annealing of radiolytic damage in some nitrates. Part 1. - Lead nitrate

Abstract

A kinetic study of the reformation of nitrate from the radiolysis products in irradiated crystalline lead nitrate is presented. The data can be interpreted in terms of a unimolecular recombination, affecting a proportion of the fragments and a bimolecular process, with a higher energy of activation, governing the behaviour of the remainder. Some alternative mechanisms are also considered and an interpretation of the above, preferred, mechanism is given. Annealing of photolytic damage in the same material is also reported.