CONTENTS 



List of Participants ii 



Foreword iii 



Preface v 



INITIAL ENERGY TRANSFER FROM INCIDENT RADIATION 

 TO MATTER 



Robert L. Platzman 



II. ENERGY TRANSFER FROM SECONDARY ELECTRONS 

 TO MATTER 



Robert L. Platzman 22 



III. MECHANISMS OF ENERGY DEGRADATION AND CHEMICAL 

 CHANGE: EFFECTS OF SECONDARY ELECTRONS 



John L. Magee 51 



IV. MECHANISMS OF ENERGY DEGRADATION AND CHEMICAL 

 CHANGE: EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC EXCITATION 



Henry Linschitz 75 



V. SUMMARY: IMPORTANCE OF RADIATION CHEMICAL 

 EFFECTS IN RADIO BIO LOGY 



Martin Kamen 103 



REFERENCES 123 



INDEX 134 



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