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THE radiolysis of methane adsorbed on γ-alumina at 77° K has been investigated at a dose rate to alumina of 3.14 × 1019 eV g−1 h−1 using a cobalt-60 γ source. The alumina (BDH chromatographic grade) was outgassed at 400° C for 100 h before use, when its surface area was 183 m2 g−1 (N2 area = 15.8 × 10−20). Methane was adsorbed to a coverage of 0.28 per cent of the BET area. At 77° K the residual methane pressure above the solid was < 0.06 mbar.
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SWAN, T. Radiolysis of Methane adsorbed on γ-Alumina at 77° K. Nature 218, 868–869 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218868a0
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