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THE radiolysis of cyclohexane gives cyclohexene and bicyclohexyl as the major liquid products1, the G values of which decrease with dose at low dose-rates or high doses2. The formation of a ‘polymer’ (defined here as a substance containing three or more cyclohexane units) has been reported at a low dose-rate and high dose3, but several other investigations, carried out over a wide range of dose-rate and dose conditions, indicate that no products above C12 hydrocarbons are formed1,3–5.
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BARKER, R., HILL, M. Polymer Production in the Radiolysis of Liquid Cyclohexane. Nature 194, 277–278 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194277a0
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