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A spur or track in
radiation chemistry is a region of high concentration of
chemical products after
ionizing radiation passes through. The spur model, proposed by Samuel and
Magee in 1953, describes the kinetic behavior of reaction spurs involving one type of
radicals in a
diffusion-driven environment.
[1] The spurs from
gamma rays or
X-rays are considered to be spherical, while those from
alpha particles are cylindrical, also called tracks.
[2]
See also
References
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^ Samuel, Aryeh H.; Magee, John L. (1953).
"Theory of Radiation Chemistry. II. Track Effects in Radiolysis of Water". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 21 (6): 1080–1087.
doi:
10.1063/1.1699113.
ISSN
0021-9606.
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^ Mozumder, A. (1999),
"Spur Theory of Radiation Chemical Yields", Fundamentals of Radiation Chemistry, Elsevier, pp. 199–245,
doi:
10.1016/b978-012509390-3/50007-2,
ISBN
978-0-12-509390-3, retrieved 2022-05-06