Chain-scission yield, methacrylate radiation

Chain-Scission Yields of Methacrylate Copolymers Under Electron Beam Radiation... 

To study the structural sensitivity of poly silanes to ionizing radiation, a number of samples were irradiated with a calibrated Co source, and the degraded materials were analyzed by GPC in a manner similar to that described for the determination of photochemical quantum yields (59). In radiation processes, the slopes of the plots of molecular weight versus absorbed dose yield the G values for scissioning, G(s), and cross-linking, G(x), rather than the respective quantum yields. These values, which represent the number of chain breaks or cross-links per 100 eV of absorbed dose, are indicative of the relative radiation sensitivity of the material. The data for a number of polysilanes are given in Table IV. Also included in Table IV for comparison is the value for a commercial sample of poly(methyl methacrylate) run under the same conditions. The G(s) value of this sample compares favorably with that reported in the literature (83). 

---