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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2010 Feb 11;55(5):R1–R63. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/R01

Table 1.

Radiochemical yields of intermediates (number of particles per 100 eV of absorbed energy) in the radiolysis of pure neutral water with hard x-rays, gamma-rays or fast electrons. e_āq is the hydrated electron (Spinks and Woods 1964).

Species	e_āq	OH^•	H^•	H₂	H₂O₂	H₃O⁺
G-value	2.7	2.7	0.55	0.45	0.71	2.7