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The effect of gamma-irradiation on the thermal decomposition of anhydrous cadmium nitrate

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The thermal decomposition of γ-irradiated anhydrous cadmium nitrate was studied by dynamic thermogravimetry. The reaction order, activation energy, frequency factor and entropy of activation were calculated by the Coats-Redfern method and were compared with those of the unirradiated salt. Irradiation enhances the decomposition and the effect increases with the irradiation dose. The activation energy decreases on irradiation. The mechanism of the decomposition of unirradiated and irradiated anhydrous cadmium nitrate follows the Mampel equation: -ln(1-α) for g(α) and the rate-controlling process is random nucleation with the formation of a nucleus on every particle.

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    C. James

  2. Department of Chemistry, Mar, Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, 695015, Kerala, India

    Jadu Samuel

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James, C., Samuel, J. The effect of gamma-irradiation on the thermal decomposition of anhydrous cadmium nitrate. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 258, 665–668 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JRNC.0000011766.20440.25

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