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Thorium : chemical properties, uses and environmental effects /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Chemistry research and applications series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THORIUM: CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, USES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; THORIUM: CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, USES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Products of Laser Ablated Thorium Atom Reactions with Small Molecules; Abstract; Experimental and Theoretical Methods; Results and Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Soil Profile Thorium and Uranium Concentration Distributions in Southeastern Missouri Soils; Abstract; Introduction; Nuclear Chemistry of Thorium and Uranium; Introduction to Soil Thorium and Uranium.
- Soil Chemistry of ThoriumSoil Chemistry of Uranium; Thorium and Uranium Pathways in the Soil Environment; Materials and Methods; The Selected Soils of the Study Area; Laboratory Protocols; Results and Discussion; Relationship Involving Iron, Thorium and Uranium and Soil Profile Depth; Water Extracts Involving Zinc and Cadmium; Thorium and Uranium Soil Profile; Distributions and Soil Morphology; References; Chapter 3: Influence of a Coal-Fired Power Plant on the Thorium Levels in Soils and on the Radioactive Hazard for the Population; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 2.1. Study Area.
- 2.2. Sample Collection and Measurement3. Results and Discussion; 3.1. Thorium in Coal and Ash; 3.2. Thorium Mobility from the Waste Rock Piles; 3.3. Migration of Thorium to Sediments; 3.5. Vertical Distribution of Thorium in Soil; 3.5. Thorium Content in Surface Soil Samples; 3.6. Risk Assessment; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: Behavior of Th-Isotopes along the Pigment TiO2 Industrial Production Process; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Industrial Process; 3. Material and Methods; 3.1. Sample Collection and Pretreatment; 3.3. Radionuclide Determinations.
- 3.3.1. Gamma-Ray Spectrometry3.3.2. Alpha-Particle Spectrometry; 4. Results and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Some Features of the Th Presence in the Poços De Caldas Alkaline Massif, Minas Gerais State, Brazil; Abstract; Introduction; Detection of Alpha Particles in the 232Th Decay Series; General Features of the Study Area; Results and Discussion; Spring Water Samples of Águas Da Prata City; Ground and Surface Water Samples of Morro Do Ferro Area; Conclusion; References.
- Chapter 6: Thorium Occurrence: Geological and Geophysical Implications for Western AustraliaAbstract; Introduction; Thorium-rich Mineral Deposits in; Western Australia; Wodgina Deposit and Other Pilbara Localities; Greensbushes and Southern Perth Basin Heavy-Mineral Sands; Northampton Complex; Summary of Mineral Exploration for Thorium in Western Australia; Geophysical Mapping of Thorium in WA; History of Airborne Radiometric Mapping in WA; The Pre-2011 Radiometric Surveys; The 2012 Thorium Map of WA; Ground-Based Thorium Measurements.