Radiolytic stability of N,N-di-alkyl-2-hydroxyacetamides

Abstract

The radiation stability of N,N-di-alkyl-2-hydroxyacetamide derivatives having alkyl side chain varying from hexyl to decyl was studied as a function of absorbed dose of gamma irradiation up to 700 kGy. The samples were irradiated as neat, and as 0.2 M solutions in n-dodecane in the presence and absence of 4 M nitric acid. The radiolytic degradation of the compounds were assessed by the measurement of distribution ratio of Am(III) (DAm(III)) and also by the measurement of hydrodynamic properties such as density, viscosity and phase disengagement time.