Recent investigations (1, 2) into the radiolysis of polycrystalline sulfates prompted this examination of the electron spin resonance ( e a r . ) spectra of irradiated potassiuin sulfate single crystals. By irradiating the samples and studying their spectra a t 77 OK and a t 300 OK different stages in the radiation daiiiage process were revealed. The e.s.r. spectra of single crystals of I<2S04 irradiated and examined a t 77 OK deinonstrated the presence of a single paramagnetic species, A, characterized by a highly anisotropic g-tensor. By monitoring the spectrum during warm-up of tlie sample it could be seen that over 90% of A deconiposed to form a second species, B, although tlie amount of A surviving a t 300 "I< was sufficient t o permit the deterinination of its g-tensor a t this temperature. The radical B was characterized by an almost isotropic g-tensor. The principal values of the g-tensors of the two radicals are given in Table I. Examination of a very large, heavily irradiated crystal revealed 33S hyperfine structure in the spectrum of radical B, the interaction being 273, 270, and 315 i\/Ic/s witli Ho along the a , b , and c crystallographic axes respectively. No 33S hyperfine structure was detected in the spectrum of radical A. I-Io~vever, since a very inucli siiialler crystal had to be used for experiments a t 77 OK, the anticipated signal/noise ratio \\.as less than 5: 1, and so the absence of 33S signals was not proved unequivocally.The maximum-slope line ~vidths of the spectra of botli radicals Ivere approximately 5 G , and were independent of temperature. The major contributions to the line ~~i d t h s are therefore presumed to be crystal iinperfections and unresolved 3"1( hyperfine structure.The identification of the two radicals trapped in irradiated II(zS04 depended on a comparison of their spectral paraiiieters ~~i t l i those of already well-substantiated species, and it was concluded that A and B \Irere S o 4 and SO3-respectively.