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RATE constants of radiation-induced chemical reactions, or lifetimes of intermediates, can be measured by the rotating sector method. This is usually done by evaluating the final product yield as a function of pulse frequency1. Thus, Freeman, Van Cleave and Spinks2 examined the formation of hydrochloric acid in aqueous solutions of chloral hydrate under ionizing irradiation. They found a mean chain lifetime of about 0.1 sec.
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LOTZ, A., SCHMIDT, K. Non-stationary Reaction Rates in a Radiation-induced Chemical Reaction by means of Conductivity Measurements. Nature 201, 493–495 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201493a0
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