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IT is well known that the energy lost by the fast particles of ionizing radiations is ultimately used for the excitation of discrete states, for ionization and for giving to the secondary electrons kinetic energies less than the first excitation-level of the atoms or molecules present in the system1.
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WEISS, J. Chemical Action of Ionizing Radiations: Excitation of Optical Levels by Particles of Relatively Low Energy. Nature 174, 78–79 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174078b0
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