Difference between revisions of "Theory for the Szilard-Chalmers Reaction"
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'''''<math>4) \quad C_2H_5 ^{127}\!I + ^{128}\!I \cdot | '''''<math>4) \quad C_2H_5 ^{127}\!I + ^{128}\!I \cdot | ||
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+ | ''<math>5) \quad C_2H_5 ^{127}\!I + ^{128}\!I \cdot | ||
+ | \rightarrow C_2H_5 ^{127}\!I CH_2 ^{128}\!I</math> |
Revision as of 15:35, 14 November 2012
As is shown in the discussion of recoil energies in thermal n-capture reactions, chemical bounds can be broken due the recoil energy caused by the prompt γ-emission. This will lead to the creation of free radicals, which is very reactive. Therefore, a long list of new componds can be formed during n capture.
In 1934 L. Szilard and T. A. Chalmers showed that when Ethyliodide is irradiated with thermal neutrons, a large fraction of the radioactive nuclei created in the process will be present as free iodine atoms or iodine ions.
The bond breakage can typically lead to the following reacions: