Table 1 Radiation chemical yields of SSBs and DSBs obtained with water window radiation using different combinations of ·OH radical scavengers.

From: Breaking the DNA by soft X-rays in the water window reveals the scavenging and temporal behaviour of ·OH radicals

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\(\sigma _{^{\cdot}\hbox {OH}}\)

\(G_{\text{SSB}}\)

\(G_{\text{DSB}}\)

M

M

\(\text {s}^{-1}\)

\(\text {mol} \, \text{J}^{-1}\)

\(1 \times 10^{-4}\)

\(1 \times 10^{-5}\)

\(1.8 \times 10^{5}\)

\(4.7 \times 10^{-11}\)

\(6.4 \times 10^{-13}\)

\(5 \times 10^{-4}\)

\(5 \times 10^{-5}\)

\(9.0 \times 10^{5}\)

\(2.7 \times 10^{-11}\)

\(1 \times 10^{-3}\)

\(1 \times 10^{-4}\)

\(1.8 \times 10^{6}\)

\(2.3 \times 10^{-11}\)

\(5 \times 10^{-3}\)

\(5 \times 10^{-4}\)

\(9.0 \times 10^{6}\)

\(1.5 \times 10^{-11}\)

\(1 \times 10^{-2}\)

\(1 \times 10^{-3}\)

\(1.8 \times 10^{7}\)

\(1.2 \times 10^{-11}\)