ENGLISH

Practical Applications of Radioactivity and Nuclear Radiations

By Gerhart Lowenthal , Peter Airey

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780521019804, 052101980X
Open Library ID
OL7713652M
Language
english
Format
RAR
Filesize
10 MB (10927549 bytes)
Pages
368\0
Topic
Biology Ecology
Library
Kingdwarf
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

This book shows how to use radioisotopes and the emitted ionizing radiations effectively and safely. It describes decay and stability criteria, necessary precautions to ensure radiation protection and the detection of alpha, beta and gamma rays including spectrometry. Chapters cover calorimetry, liquid scintillation counting, how to use secondary standard instruments, high resolution detectors and how to calculate counting results estimating uncertainties and allowing for the statistics of radionuclide decays. Other subjects examined include industrial and scientific applications of alpha, beta, and gamma rays, neutrons and high energy radiations.

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