Effect of the [Be]/[Si] ratio in a beryllium silicate on its radiation catalytic activity in radiolytic production of hydrogen from water

Due to their high radiation stability and radiation catalytic properties silicate systems are of great interest in the field of materials science and radiation catalysis. One of the principal factors affecting the surface radiation physicochemical properties of silicate systems is their cationic composition. In it was established that the radiation catalytic activity of silicates Me2+-SiO3 in the radiolytic decomposition of water increases with a decrease in the ionic radius of Me2+. In this investigation the authors have studied the radiation catalytic activity of a beryllium silicate in the radiolytic production of hydrogen from water as a function of the Be2+ cation content in it