How do free electrons originate?

Scientists at Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching and Greifswald and Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin, Germany, have discovered a new way in which high-energy radiation in water can release slow electrons. Their results have now been published in the renowned journal, Nature Physics. Free electrons play a major role in chemical processes. In particular, they might be responsible for causing radiation damage in organic tissue.

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