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Topics in radiation dosimetry /
Radiation Dosimetry, Supplement 1: Topics in Radiation Dosimetry covers instruments and techniques in dealing with special dosimetry problems. The book discusses thermoluminescence dosimetry in archeological dating; dosimetric applications of track etching; vacuum chambers of radiation measurement....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York ; London, England :
Academic Press, Inc.,
1972.
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| Colección: | Radiation Dosimetry ;
Supplement 1 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Topics in Radiation Dosimetry; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATING; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOME RELEVANT TL CHARACTERISTICS; III. MICRODOSIMETRY OF MINERAL GRAINS: PRACTICAL REALIZATION; IV. PHOSPHOR DOSIMETRY; V. PRE-DOSE DOSIMETRY: THE 110�C PEAK IN QUARTZ; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. DOSIMETRIC APPLICATIONS OF TRACK ETCHING1; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DAMAGE MECHANISM; III. LATENT TRACK STABILITY; IV. ETCHING PROCEDURES AND DETECTOR MATERIALS; V. TRACK COUNTING; VI. FISSION FRAGMENT REGISTRATION.
- Vii. alpha particle and recoil nuclei registrationvim. summary and outlook; references5; chapter 3. vacuum chambers for radiation measurement; i. introduction; ii. secondary electron emission phenomena; iii. greening's theory of the vacuum chamber; iv. vacuum chambers as dosimeters; v. vacuum chambers as electron-beam monitors; vi. vacuum chambers for pulse measurements; vii. vacuum chambers as energy spectrometers; viii. vacuum chambers for interface dosimetry; references; chapter 4. wall-less detectors in microdosimetry; i. introduction; ii. design criteria; iii. operational considerations.
- Iv. performance and operational testsv. wall-less counter designs; vi. experimental results; vii. summary; acknowledgment; references; chapter 5. dosimetry of low energy x rays; i. introduction; ii. measurement of energy fluence; iii. x-ray spectral distribution; iv. measurement of exposure; v. determination of absorbed dose; vi. special problems in the measurement of low energy x rays; references; chapter 6. the structure of particle tracks1; i. introduction; ii. detection of energetic heavy ions; iii. response of cells to heavy ions, fast neutrons, stopped pions, and mixed radiation fields.
- Acknowledgmentsreferences; chapter 7. dose equivalent determinations in neutron fields by means of moderator techniques; i. classification of techniques; ii. rem counter techniques; iii. monitor techniques; iv. neutron spectrometry; v. calibration of instruments; vi. conclusions; acknowledgments; references; chapter 8. developments in radiophotoluminescence dosimetry; i. introduction; ii. rpl centers and kinetic behavior of silver-activated phosphate glasses; iii. new rpl materials; iv. energy compensation filters; v. new measurement techniques (for introduction see table iv).
- VI. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PHOSPHATE GLASS DOSIMETERSVII. APPLICATION OF DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT OF FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY; VIII. DOSIMETERS FOR DIRECT INDICATION OF THE ABSORBED DOSE IN CRITICAL ORGANS; IX. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: Useful Physical Constants and Conversion Factors; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.