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IN an investigation of the effects of ionizing radiation on rocket fuels the radiolytic decomposition of monomethylhydrazine has been studied to determine whether the generation of radiolytic gases can be suppressed by the addition of free radical scavengers. The experiment consisted of preparing degassed specimens of monomethylhydrazine with and without free-radical scavengers, gamma-irradiating them with cobalt-60 to 8.5 × 106 rads at 22°–25° C, and analysing the non-condensable gaseous products by gas chromatography.
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SHELBERG, W. Radiolysis of Monomethylhydrazine. Nature 210, 524–526 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210524a0
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