Effect of Nitrous Oxide on the Radiolysis of Liquid Methanol with the Recoils from the 10B(n, a)7Li Reaction

Liquid methanol containing trimethyl borate and nitrous oxide was irradiated with thermal neutrons from a nuclear reactor. In contrast to the marked effect on the ?-radiolysis yields, nitrous oxide had a little effect on the recoil radiolysis yields from methanol, and nitrogen yield was as low as 0.2 in Gunit. These results indicate that the yield of the solvated electron in the recoil radiolysis of methanol is about one tenth of that in the ?-radiolysis.