Chemical valence studies in nuclear decay. The [graphic omitted] reaction in 127mTe(OH)6 crystals

Abstract

The chemical effects following isomeric transition of ^127mTe in ^127mTe(OH)₆ crystals have been investigated. The influence of added crystal defects on the initial chemical distribution and on the thermal annealing reactions is negligible. A model based upon the hypothesis that the supply of charge carriers from the IT-formed fragments to the radio-active recoil atoms has been shown to account quantitatively for the data obtained for thermal annealing of the ¹²⁷Te(IV) forming fragments.