04464nam 22008655 450 991063392370332120251211130413.09783031099700(electronic bk.)978303109969410.1007/978-3-031-09970-0(MiAaPQ)EBC7150774(Au-PeEL)EBL7150774(CKB)25510542400041(OCoLC)1352972660(PPN)266350445(DE-He213)978-3-031-09970-0(EXLCZ)992551054240004120221130d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDetecting Environmental Radioactivity /by Manuel García-León1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2022.1 online resource (637 pages)Graduate Texts in Physics,1868-4521Includes index.Print version: García-León, Manuel Detecting Environmental Radioactivity Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031099694 Introduction -- Radioactivity: history and phenomenology -- Radioactivity: decay law, definitions and units -- Natural and Artificial radioactivity -- Environmental Radioactivity -- Levels and behaviour of Environmental Radioactivity -- Radiological impact. Radiation dosimetry -- Principles of radiation detection: interaction of radiation with matter -- Principles of radiation detection: counting and spectrometry -- Gas ionization detectors -- Scintillation detectors -- Semiconductor detectors -- Dosimeters, other detectors and specific designs -- Radiochemistry for environmental samples -- Principles of Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry -- Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry Techniques -- Principles of Mass Spectrometry -- Principles of Particle Accelerators -- Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) -- Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA).This textbook presents the principles and methods for the measurement of radioactivity in the environment. In this regard, specific low-level radiation counting and spectrometry or mass spectrometry techniques are discussed, including sources, distribution, levels and dynamics of radioactivity in nature. The author gives an accurate description of the fundamental concepts and laws of radioactivity as well as the different types of detectors and mass spectrometers needed for detection. Special attention is paid to scintillators, semiconductor detectors, and gas ionization detectors. In order to explain radiochemistry, some concepts about chemical separations are introduced as well. The book is meant for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, chemistry or engineering oriented to environmental sciences, and to other disciplines where monitoring of the environment and its management is of great interest.Graduate Texts in Physics,1868-4521Environmental sciencesPhysicsEnvironmental monitoringGeophysicsMass spectrometrySpectrum analysisEnvironmental chemistryEnvironmental PhysicsEnvironmental MonitoringGeophysicsMass SpectrometrySpectroscopyEnvironmental ChemistryRadioactivitatthubContaminació radioactivathubRadiometriathubLlibres electrònicsthubEnvironmental sciences.Physics.Environmental monitoring.Geophysics.Mass spectrometry.Spectrum analysis.Environmental chemistry.Environmental Physics.Environmental Monitoring.Geophysics.Mass Spectrometry.Spectroscopy.Environmental Chemistry.RadioactivitatContaminació radioactivaRadiometria294.33653539.2García-León M(Manuel)1270942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910633923703321Detecting Environmental Radioactivity2993926UNINA