Text: The study of the chemical effects of the absorbtion of high-energy radiation in matter. High-energy radiation includes the emanation associated with radioactive decay and fission (that is, a-particles, electrons, g-rays, and neutrons), together with their related atom and fission recoils; and the artificial analogs of such emanations produced by accelerating electrons, protons, deuterons, and helium nuclei, as well as charged nuclei of higher atomic number and x-rays.

See Also: DISSOCIATION, WATER RADIOLYSIS

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