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Radioactivity : introduction and history.
Radioactivity: Introduction and Early History provides an introduction to radioactivity from natural and artificial sources on earth and radiation of cosmic origins. This book answers many questions for the layperson, student, teacher, and even practitioner as to the origins, properties, detection a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. Alpha Radiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Decay Energies
- III. Alpha Particle Interactions with Matter
- IV. Alpha Particle Ranges
- Chapter 2. Beta Radiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Negatrons
- III. Positrons
- IV. Beta-particle Absorption and Transmission
- V. Stopping Power and Linear Energy Transfer
- Chapter 3. Gamma- and X-Radiation Photons
- I. Introduction
- II. Dual Nature: Wave and Particle
- III. Gamma Radiation
- IV. Annihilation Radiation
- V. Cherenkov Radiation
- VI. X-Radiation
- VII. Bremsstrahlung
- VIII. Interactions of Electromagnetic Radiation with Matter
- Chapter 4. Neutron Radiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Neutron Classification
- III. Sources of Neutrons
- IV. Interactions of Neutrons with Matter
- V. Neutron Attenuation and Cross Sections
- VI. Neutron Decay
- Chapter 5. Atomic Electron Radiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Internal Conversion Electrons
- III. Auger Electrons
- Chapter 6. Cosmic Radiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Classification and Properties
- III. Showers of the Cosmic Radiation
- IV. Cosmic Rays Underground
- V. Origins of Cosmic Radiation
- VI. Cosmic Background Radiation
- VII. Dose from Cosmic Radiation and other Sources
- Chapter 7. Cherenkov Radiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Theory and Properties
- III. Cherenkov Photons from Gamma-ray Interactions
- IV. Particle Identification
- V. Applications in Radionuclide Analysis
- Chapter 8. Radioisotope Decay, Radioactivity Units and Radionuclide Mass
- I. Introduction
- II. Half-life
- III. General Decay Equations
- IV. Secular Equilibrium
- V. Transient Equilibrium
- VI. No Equilibrium
- VII. More Complex Decay Schemes
- VIII. Radioactivity Units and Radionuclide Mass.