radiation-chemical reaction

any chemical reaction that is initiated by the absorption of radiation but is distinguishable from a photochemical reaction by its lack of specificity (i.e. by giving rise to a variety of reaction products) and by occurring at higher radiation energies (i.e. by absorption either of electromagnetic radiation from the mid-ultraviolet region onwards or of high-energy particulate radiation) and thus by resulting always in the formation of detectable ions.

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