LEADER 04464nam 22008655 450 001 9910633923703321 005 20251211130413.0 010 $a9783031099700$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031099694 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-09970-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7150774 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7150774 035 $a(CKB)25510542400041 035 $a(OCoLC)1352972660 035 $a(PPN)266350445 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-09970-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925510542400041 100 $a20221130d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDetecting Environmental Radioactivity /$fby Manuel García-León 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (637 pages) 225 1 $aGraduate Texts in Physics,$x1868-4521 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: García-León, Manuel Detecting Environmental Radioactivity Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031099694 327 $aIntroduction -- 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). 330 $aThis textbook presents the principles and methods for the measurement of radioactivity in the environment. In this regard, specific low-level radiation counting and spectrometry or mass spectrometry techniques are discussed, including sources, distribution, levels and dynamics of radioactivity in nature. The author gives an accurate description of the fundamental concepts and laws of radioactivity as well as the different types of detectors and mass spectrometers needed for detection. Special attention is paid to scintillators, semiconductor detectors, and gas ionization detectors. In order to explain radiochemistry, some concepts about chemical separations are introduced as well. The book is meant for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, chemistry or engineering oriented to environmental sciences, and to other disciplines where monitoring of the environment and its management is of great interest. 410 0$aGraduate Texts in Physics,$x1868-4521 606 $aEnvironmental sciences 606 $aPhysics 606 $aEnvironmental monitoring 606 $aGeophysics 606 $aMass spectrometry 606 $aSpectrum analysis 606 $aEnvironmental chemistry 606 $aEnvironmental Physics 606 $aEnvironmental Monitoring 606 $aGeophysics 606 $aMass Spectrometry 606 $aSpectroscopy 606 $aEnvironmental Chemistry 606 $aRadioactivitat$2thub 606 $aContaminació radioactiva$2thub 606 $aRadiometria$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aEnvironmental monitoring. 615 0$aGeophysics. 615 0$aMass spectrometry. 615 0$aSpectrum analysis. 615 0$aEnvironmental chemistry. 615 14$aEnvironmental Physics. 615 24$aEnvironmental Monitoring. 615 24$aGeophysics. 615 24$aMass Spectrometry. 615 24$aSpectroscopy. 615 24$aEnvironmental Chemistry. 615 7$aRadioactivitat 615 7$aContaminació radioactiva 615 7$aRadiometria 676 $a294.33653 676 $a539.2 700 $aGarci?a-Leo?n$b M$g(Manuel)$01270942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910633923703321 996 $aDetecting Environmental Radioactivity$92993926 997 $aUNINA