Damage around the ion path in cellulose triacetate. I. Total evaluation

Abstract

Using the ‘‘scavenger technique’’ linked to visible spectroscopy, we evaluate the total number of radicals produced by one ion around its trajectory. This evaluation is achieved by the intermediary of a fictitious cylindrical volume containing all the various radicals likely to be produced whose radius a is determined by means of statistical calculation applied to the spectroscopical results. Then we compare the values of a calculated for various ions with different energies.