Catalytic Activity Induced by Neutron Irradiation of Inert Silica
- 1 September 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 23 (9), 1567-1568
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1742386
Abstract
In pure silica gel, irradiation with 2 to 8×1018 fast neutrons/cm2 produced a significant increase in catalytic activity for the double‐bond isomerization in hexene. The effect is believed to be due to lattice dislocations.Keywords
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