Effect of temperature on yields in the radiolysis of nitrous oxide with high intensity electron pulses

Nitrous oxide has been irradiated with single electron pulses at a dose rate of 0.8 × 10 27 eV/g s at temperatures between 24 and 500 °C. The gas yields showed no dependence on temperature below 200 °C but above this G(N 2 ) increased and G(O 2 ) decreased. The yields were found to be independent of dose up to 4 × 10 20 eV/g.