Gadolinium [[electronic resource] ] : compounds, production, and applications / / Caden C. Thompson, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.07/54
• Soggetto topico: Gadolinium - Diagnostic use; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiographic contrast media
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ThompsonCaden C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""GADOLINIUM: COMPOUNDS, PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS ""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS IN OXO-CARBOXYLATE BRIDGED GADOLINIUM(III) COMPLEXES: SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""MAGNETIC ASPECTS ""; ""GADOLINIUM(III): MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ""; ""METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS ""; ""Synthetic Routes ""; ""State of the Art ""; ""Type of Bridge A ""; ""Type of Bridge B ""; ""Type of Bridge C ""; ""Type of Bridge D""; ""Type of Bridge E""; ""Type of Bridge F "" ; ""PUBLISHED EMPIRICAL STUDIES """"THEORETICAL STUDIES ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""APPLICATION OF GADOLINIUM FOILS AS CONVERTERS OF THERMAL NEUTRONS IN DETECTORS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CONVERTER PERFOMANCES ""; ""2.1. Theoretical Bases ""; ""2.1.1. Probability of neutrons absorption ""; ""2.1.2. Probability of gamma quantaâ€?s formation ""; ""2.1.3. Probability of internal conversion electrons formation ""; ""2.1.3. Intensity of Auger electrons "" ; ""2.1.6. Passage of electrons through a substance """"2.2.1. Model representation and calculation ""; ""2.2.2. Probability of converters activation ""; ""2.2.3. Modeling for a case of neutrons flow under various angles ""; ""2.2.4. Contribution of low-energetic electrons to general efficiency of converters ""; ""2.2.5. Contribution of X-rays and soft gamma radiations on general efficiency of converters ""; ""2.2.6. Modeling of converters executed from a set of thin drilling converters ""; ""2.3.1. Modeling of converters representing sandwiches, from supporting films and converters "" ; ""3. POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS OF TERMAL NEUTRONS WITH GADOLINUM CONVERTERS """"3.1. Normal Presure Multistep Avalanche Chamber ""; ""3.1.1. Characteristics of the multistep avalanche chambers ""; ""3.1.2. Gas amplification and efficiency of registrations MSAC ""; ""3.1.3. Spatial resolution of the multistep avalanche chambers ""; ""3.1.4. Influence of gas mixes on characteristic MSAC ""; ""3.1.5. Ways of stabilization of operating modes for work MSAC ""; ""3.1.6. Detector testing ""; ""3.1.7. Effects of some constuctional elements on the MSAC characterisrics "" ; ""3.2. Thermal Neutron Imaging Detectors Combining Novel Composite Foil Convertors and Gaseous Electron Multipliers """"3.2.1. The neutron convertor foil ""; ""3.2.2. The Multistep avalanche chamber ""; ""3.2.3. Detector characteristics ""; ""3.3. Hybrid Low-Pressure (MSGC) Neutron Detectors ""; ""3.3.1. The detector principle ""; ""3.3.2. Converter fabrication ""; ""3.4. Resistive Plate Chambers with Gd-Coated Electrodes as Thermal Neutron Detectors ""; ""3.5. The Neutron Sensitivy Image Plates ""; ""3.5. Neutron Imaging Detector Using Capillary Phenomena and Liquid Scintillator"" ; ""3.6. Position Sensitive Detection of Thermal Neutrons with Solid State Detectors (Gd Si Planar Detectors) ""
• Titolo autorizzato: Gadolinium
• ISBN: 1-61728-334-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452681303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology