Nature 215, 150 - 151 (08 July 1967); doi:10.1038/215150a0

Electron Hole Pairs in the Irradiation of Condensed Systems

JOSEPH J. WEISS

Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

RECENT studies on -irradiated frozen aqueous solutions at 77° K have led to the elucidation of the kinetics of the reactions of electrons and holes produced by radiation¹. From this it can be inferred that the nature of the active primary species produced by radiation has to account for the following observations.

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