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RECENTLY, Markakis and Tappel1 determined the yields of cysteine, alanine, ammonia, hydrogen sulphide, sulphur and sulphate in hydrochloric acid solutions of cystine irradiated with γ-radiation from spent fuel elements. However, their results indicate that especially at low doses (<106 rads) not all the radiolytic products were identified. The present communication describes the identification of products in cobalt-60 γ-irradiated unbuffered and acidified cystine solutions at relatively low doses.
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GRANT, D., MASON, S. & LINK, M. Products of the γ-Radiolysis of Aqueous Cystine Solutions. Nature 192, 352–353 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192352a0
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