Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis

Revised
ISBN: 978-0-12-384873-4
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 1418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 3039 g

The updated and much expanded 3e of the Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis is an authoritative reference providing the principles, practical techniques, and procedures for the accurate measurement of radioactivity from the very low levels encountered in the environment to higher levels measured in radioisotope research, clinical laboratories, biological sciences, radionuclide standardization, nuclear medicine, nuclear power, and fuel cycle facilities and in the implementation of nuclear forensic analysis and nuclear safeguards. The book describes the basic principles of radiation detection and measurement and the preparation of samples from a wide variety of matrices, assists the investigator or technician in the selection and use of appropriate radiation detectors, and presents state-of-the-art methods of analysis. Fundamentals of radiation properties, radionuclide decay, the calculations involved, and methods of detection provide the basis for a thorough understanding of the analytical procedures. The Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, 3e, is suitable as a teaching text for university and professional training courses.

Zielgruppe

University students and laboratory researchers in the chemical and biological sciences. Scientists in research institutions in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biological sciences. Nuclear power plants. Departments of Health Physics. Environment and waste management organizations. Atomic energy organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

L'Annunziata, Michael F.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nuklearer Strahlenschutz, Nuklearenergie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Medizinische Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Nuklearchemie, Photochemie, Strahlenchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Radiation Physics and Radioisotope Decay. 2. Gas Ionization Detectors. 3. Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors. 4. Semiconductor Detectors. 5. Alpha Spectrometry. 6. Liquid Scintillation Analysis: Principles and Practice. 7. Sample Preparation Techniques for Liquid Scintillation Analysis. 8. Environmental Liquid Scintillation Analysis. 9. Radioactivity Counting Statistics. 0. Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring. 11. Radioactive Aerosol Analysis. 12. Marine Radioactivity Analysis. 3. Inorganic Mass Spectrometry of Radionuclides. 4. Radionuclide Standardization. 5. Cherenkov Counting. 6. Solid Scintillation Analysis. 17. Flow Scintillation Analysis. 18. Automated Radiochemical Separation, Analysis and Sensing. 19. High Resolution Beta Imaging for Quantitative Autoradiography. 20. Analytical Techniques in Nuclear Safeguards. 21. Nuclear Forensic Analysis. Appendix. Index

Über Autor(innen)

L'Annunziata, Michael F.
Michael F. L'Annunziata earned his PhD degree in 1970 at the University of Arizona. His thesis research in the 1960s under contract with the then-US Atomic Energy Commission dealt with the analysis of radionuclides and chemical remediation of the environment in the event of fission product fallout from nuclear war. L'Annunziata was formerly Head of Fellowships and Training at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria; and he has served as a representative and lecturer for the IAEA on peaceful applications of nuclear energy for development in over 40 countries of the world from 1976-2007 and currently a private consultant in radioactivity analysis. Michael is the recipient of the 2022 Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education granted by the American Nuclear Society.

Michael F. L'Annunziata appears in "Who's Who in the World 1995" and American Men and Women of Science, 1995-1996. He received an Honorary Teaching Degree from Central University of Ecuador in 1978. He was a member of the Board of Governors at Uppsala University, International Science Programs between 1988 and 1991. L'Annunziata was also an Honorary Professor at Zhejiang University in Hanghou, People's Republic of China in 1992.