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A CONTRAST between the radiation chemistry of water and that of liquid aliphatic hydrocarbons is that, in the former, interpretation of the system is made on the basis of models involving the concepts of tracks and spurs1, and that in the latter these concepts are much less frequently invoked2,3. (‘Hot’ atom, unimolecular and ‘cage’ reactions have been suggested and may occur within a spur, but it is reactions other than these that are primarily discussed here.)
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FALCONER, J. Spur Reactions in the Radiolysis of Liquid Aliphatic Hydrocarbons. Nature 198, 985–986 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198985a0
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