Published September 1977 | Version v1
Journal article

Fragmentation by β-decay in tritium-labelled compounds, (2)

  • 1. Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama (Japan)

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The behaviors of CH2He+ and C2H5He+ formed by the decay of CH3T and C2H5T were studied theoretically using the STO-3G molecular orbital method and was compared with that of HHe+ in the decay of HT. It was clearly shown that the ground state daughter ions CH3He+ and C2H5He+ dissociate instantly to give CH3+ and C2H5+ because their potential energy curves are repulsive, whereas the daughter ion HHe+ in the ground state does not dissociate. The transition probability to the ground state ions of CH3He+ and of C2H5He+ are computed to be 66.5 and 64.8%, respectively. These values are in fairly good accordance with those obtained experimentally. (auth.)

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Subtitle (English)
Theoretical consideration on dissociation of daughter species in tritiated alkanes

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Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
9
Series
J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. (Tokyo).
Journal Page Range
661-663
ISSN
1881-1248

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