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Molecular Weight Distribution Changes in Polymers on Irradiation

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CROOK, M., WALKER, F. Molecular Weight Distribution Changes in Polymers on Irradiation. Nature 198, 1163–1165 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981163a0

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