Handbook of radioactivity analysis [[electronic resource] /] / Michael F. L'Annunziata

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790319603321
• Autore: L'Annunziata Michael F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Elsevier, c2012
• ISBN: 0-12-384874-1
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1419 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): L'AnnunziataMichael F
• Disciplina: 539.7/7
• Soggetti: Liquid scintillation counting; Radioactivity - Measurement
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis; Copyright; Acronyms - Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols; ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; Foreword; FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; Chapter 1 - Radiation Physics and Radionuclide Decay; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DISCOVERY AND EARLY CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIOACTIVITY; III. BASIC UNITS AND DEFINITIONS; IV. PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEUS; V. NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; VI. ARTIFICIALLY PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES; VII. NUCLEAR REACTIONS; VIII. PARTICULATE RADIATION; IX. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - PHOTONS; X. INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH MATTER XI. RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR RECOIL; XII. COSMIC RADIATION; XIII. RADIATION DOSE; XIV. STOPPING POWER AND LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; XV. RADIONUCLIDE DECAY, INGROWTH, AND EQUILIBRIUM; XVI. RADIOACTIVITY UNITS AND RADIONUCLIDE MASS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Radioactivity Counting Statistics; I.INTRODUCTION; II. STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; III. ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF RESULTS; IV. STATISTICAL INFERENCE; V. REGRESSION; VI. DETECTION LIMITS; VII. METROLOGY APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; RELEVANT STATISTICAL REFERENCES TABLES; Chapter 3 - Gas Ionization Detectors I. INTRODUCTION: PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION DETECTION BY GAS IONIZATION; II. CHARACTERIZATION OF GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS; III. DEFINITION OF OPERATING ; CHARACTERISTICS OF GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS; IV. ION CHAMBERS; V. PROPORTIONAL GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS; VI. GEIGER-MÜLLER COUNTERS; VII. SPECIAL TYPES OF IONIZATION DETECTORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors; PART 1 ELEMENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DETECTOR MATERIALS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; III. RECORDABLE PARTICLES WITH SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS IV. TRACK FORMATION MECHANISMS AND CRITERIA; V. TRACK REVELATION; VI. PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; VII. TRACK FADING AND ANNEALING; VIII. INSTRUMENTATION; PART 2 APPLICATIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY; III. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES; IV. LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; V. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION INDUCED MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - Semiconductor Detectors; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GE DETECTORS; III. SI DETECTORS; IV. SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES WITH SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORSREFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Alpha Spectrometry; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ALPHA DECAY AND ALPHA-EMITTING NUCLIDES; III. DETECTION SYSTEMS; IV. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALPHA SPECTRUM; V. RADIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING; VI. DETERMINATION OF ALPHA ACTIVITY AND RECOVERY; VII. QUALITY CONTROL; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - Liquid Scintillation Analysis: Principles and Practice; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BASIC THEORY; III. LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER (LSC) OR ANALYZER (LSA); IV. QUENCH IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; V. METHODS OF QUENCH CORRECTION IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 det