Radiation synthesis

Kaetsu, Radiation Synthesis of Polymeric Materials for Biomedical and Biochemical Applications. VoL 105, pp. 81 -98. 

Radiation synthesis has been reviewed by Wagner (1969), Vershchinskii (1972), Wilson (1972), and Chutny and Kucera (1974). A good summary is also available in Spinks and Woods (1990). On the theoretical side, radiation-induced reactions of importance to industry can be classified as addition reactions, sub-sitution reactions, and other reactions including polymerization, cross-linking,... 

Three types of radiation-induced procedures have been used including (a) recoil tritiation, (b) Wilzbach gas irradiation7 with its modifications, and (c) radiation synthesis.8 All these methods utilize high-energy ionizing radiation to achieve tritium incorporation. Wilzbach exchange7 is the most satisfactory of the three and has been the most widely used. Radiation synthesis is a relatively recent development of limited but valuable specificity. 

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