Abstract

THE exposure of ammonium Perchlorate crystals to radiation before heating accelerates the decomposition rate and shortens the induction period1–4. Furthermore, the thermal, chemical and radiolytic decomposition of ammonium Perchlorate5–7 and the radiation-induced etching of NaN3 and KN3 (ref. 8), have been shown to be intimately related to dislocations. We wish to describe measurements indicating that the radiation-induced effects can be attributed to dislocations which are generated during irradiation.

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