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INVESTIGATIONS of the decay of free radicals in irradiated polyethylene demonstrate that the sec-alkyl radicals, formed with a G-value of about 3, decay at a significant rate at room temperature to leave a much smaller number of allyl-type radicals that decay at a very much slower rate.
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GEYMER, D., WAGNER, C. Mechanism of Radical Decay in Irradiated Polyethylene. Nature 208, 72–73 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208072a0
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