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Practical Applications of Radioactivity and Nuclear Radiations.

This book introduces radioisotopes and ionising radiations and their numerous applications.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lowenthal, G. C. (Gerhart C.)
Otros Autores: Airey, P. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Atoms, nuclides and radionuclides; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Radioactivity, from the 1890s to the 1990s; 1.1.2 On the scope and content of this text; 1.1.3 Joining a large scale enterprise; Nuclear power and nuclear radiation applications; Figures from Japan; The role of research reactors; 1.2 An historic interlude: from atoms to nuclei; 1.2.1 When atoms ceased to be atoms; 1.2.2 The atomic nucleus; 1.3 Nuclei, nuclear stability and nuclear radiations; 1.3.1 The birth of isotopes. 
505 8 |a 1.3.2 Mass-energy conversions and the half life1.3.3 From natural to man-made radioisotopes; 1.3.4 The role of the neutron-to-proton ratio; 1.3.5 An introduction to properties of radiations emitted during radioactive decays; 1.3.6 Another nuclear radiation: the neutron; 1.4 Activation processes; 1.4.1 Nuclear fission reactors; 1.4.2 Thermal neutron activations; 1.4.3 Activation and decay; 1.4.4 Other activation processes; The production of neutron-poor radionuclides; Positron emitters for nuclear medicine; 1.5 Short and long half lives and their uses. 
505 8 |a 1.5.1 Generators for short half life radionuclides1.5.2 Isomeric decays with applications to nuclear medicine; 1.5.3 Radionuclides with very long half lives; 1.5.4 The energetics of decays by alpha and beta particle emissions; 1.6 Parent half lives and daughter half lives; 1.6.1 Three cases; 1.6.2 Decay chain calculations; 1.6.3 Transient and secular equilibrium; Chapter 2 Units and standards for radioactivity and radiation dosimetry and rules for radiation protection; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Units and standards of radioactivity; 2.2.1 A summary of their characteristics. 
505 8 |a 2.2.2 The curie and the becquerel2.2.3 Secondary standards and secondary standard instruments; 2.2.4 In-house standards; 2.3 Radioactivity standards; 2.3.1 Comments on their production and their purpose; 2.3.2 The international dimension of radioactivity standards; 2.4 Radiation dosimetry for radiation protection; 2.4.1 Absorbed dose limitations; 2.4.2 Units for exposure, absorbed and equivalent dose; 2.4.3 Weighting factors ... ; 2.5 Dose limits; 2.5.1 The linear hypothesis and the ALARA principle; 2.5.2 Deterministic and stochastic effects. 
505 8 |a 2.5.3 Background doses and their relevance for radiation protection2.6 Radiation protection in the laboratory; 2.6.1 Classifications of sources and of laboratories; 2.6.2 Time, distance and shielding; 2.6.3 Coping with radioactive waste; 2.6.4 The radiation advisory officer; 2.6.5 Radiation monitors; 2.6.6 Guarding against radioactive contamination; 2.7 Dose rates from alpha, beta and gamma ray emitting radionuclides; 2.7.1 Rules-of-thumb for work with alpha and beta particles; 2.7.2 Dose rates from X and gamma radiations; The dose equivalent rate constant, D; Dose calculations. 
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