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During gamma radiolysis of methanol containing alkali and nitrous oxide, formaldehyde is formed by a chain mechanism, the yields reaching 170 molecules/100 eV.
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A mchenism is proposed for the formation of HCHO, the chain carrier being the CH2O− radical.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2377–2379, October, 1968.
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Sibirskaya, G.K., Pikaev, A.K. Chain formation of formaldehyde during γ-radiolysis of methyl alcohol in the presence of alkali and nitrous oxide. Russ Chem Bull 17, 2248–2250 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00904061
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