ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE OF γ -IRRADIATED COBALT(III) COMPLEXES; ELECTRONIC AND SPIN STATES OF HOT COBALT(II) IONS

ESR investigation of the γ -ray irradiated Co(III) complexes have been carried out. The identification and the classification of the irradiation products on the basis of the ESR signal patterns, and the electronic and the spin states of the products are discussed. Co(III) complexes are reduced by the γ irradiation into Co(II) complexes, where the produced Co(II) ions have low spin configurations, S = ½. Authors refer to these particular spin states as hot ions.