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Science 22 January 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3656, pp. 393 - 394
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3656.393
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Ozone: Decomposition by Ionizing Radiation

P. Harteck 1, S. Dondes 1, and B. Thompson 1

1 Chemistry Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

The decomposition of ozone by ionizing radiation is explained by a negative ion-chain mechanism. That this mechanism may be pertinent is indicated by the results obtained from the irradiation of liquid oxygen and the irradiation of oxygen containing nitrogen.

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