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Szilard-Chalmers Reaction in Lithium Permanganate

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THE chemical effects following neutron capture by the manganese atom in solid lithium permanganate have been previously investigated1. In agreement with the results found by Libby2 for potassium permanganate, it appears that most of the radioactive manganese in the solid exists in a chemical form, for example, MnO3+, which reacts with water to form manganese dioxide and with hydroxyl ion to form permanganate. The active species which exists in the solid undergoes rapid reaction when the solid is dissolved in aqueous solutions. It was felt that additional evidence on the behaviour of the active species might be obtained if non-aqueous solvents were used.

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  1. McCallum, K. J., and Maddock, A. G., Trans. Faraday Soc., 49, 1150 (1953).

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BOLTON, J., McCALLUM, K. Szilard-Chalmers Reaction in Lithium Permanganate. Nature 184, 1717–1718 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841717a0

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