Gamma-radiolysis of hydroquinone in methanol solution

Abstract

In the present work, the radiolytic effects on hydroquinone in methanol solution at different doses of gamma irradiation, were studied. The results show that the radiolytic effects are independent of the irradiation doses and that almost all compounds are formed from the solvent radiolysis. Analysis of the resulting products were carried out by capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The identified compounds were linear hydrocarbons from C12 to C22, some branched hydrocarbons and phenolic substituted compounds.