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Bopp and Sisman1 have mentioned that X-ray diffraction revealed a loss of crystallinity in a specimen of natural rubber irradiated to 107 r. in a reactor while stretched 300 per cent. During a study of radiation damage to elastomers, we have also observed the extreme sensitivity of stretched rubber to radiation.
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Bopp, C. D., and Sisman, O., Nucleonics, 13, 28 (1955)
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SHELBERG, W., GEVANTMAN, L. X-Ray Diffraction Measurement of Radiation Damage in Stretched Rubber. Nature 183, 456–457 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183456a0
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