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Effects of pH and the Nature of the Primary Species in the Radiolysis of Aqueous Solutions

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ALLAN, J., SCHOLES, G. Effects of pH and the Nature of the Primary Species in the Radiolysis of Aqueous Solutions. Nature 187, 218–220 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187218a0

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