On applicability of the diffusion-recombination model for low-temperature radiolysis of solid polar solutions

The diffusion-recombination model was employed for describing the mechanism of a low-temperature radiolysis of the solid polar solutions, in particular of the aqueous alkali and methanol solutions. In such solutions an addition of electron acceptors increases the yield of separate ion pairs with respect to the pure matrices. Experimental dependence of these yields versus acceptor concentration was studied. The close total yields of the methanol and alkaline glass decomposition at 77 deg K and room temperature show a community of the primary processes occuring in tracks at the low and high temperature