Handbook of radioactivity analysis / Michael F. L'Annunziata.

The updated and much expanded Third Edition 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 high...

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Main Author: L'Annunziata, Michael F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier Science, 2012.
Edition:3rd ed.
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505 0 |6 880-01  |a 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. 
505 8 |a X. INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH MATTERXI. 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. 
505 8 |a Chapter 3 -- Gas Ionization DetectorsI. 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. 
505 8 |a III. RECORDABLE PARTICLES WITH SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORSIV. 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
500 |a V. METHODS OF QUENCH CORRECTION IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING. 
520 |a The updated and much expanded Third Edition 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, fuel cycle facilities and in the implementation of nuclear forensic analysis and nuclear safeguards. The Third Edition contains seven new chapters providing a. 
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880 8 |6 505-00/(S  |a XX. LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER PERFORMANCE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 -- Sample Preparation Techniques for Liquid Scintillation Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. LSC COCKTAIL COMPONENTS1 -- III -- DISSOLUTION -- IV. SOLUBILIZATION2 -- V. COMBUSTION -- VI. COMPARISON OF SAMPLE OXIDATION AND SOLUBILIZATION TECHNIQUES3 -- VII. CARBON DIOXIDE TRAPPING AND COUNTING4 -- VIII. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES ENCOUNTERED IN ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION -- IX. FILTER AND MEMBRANE COUNTING5 -- X. SAMPLE STABILITY TROUBLESHOOTING -- XI. SWIPE ASSAYS -- XII. PREPARATION AND USE OF QUENCH CURVES IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING6 -- XIII. ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE PREPARATION7 -- XIV. WASTE COCKTAILS -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 -- Environmental Liquid Scintillation Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. LOW-LEVEL LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING THEORY -- III. α/β DISCRIMINATION -- IV. ANALYSIS OF /β-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES -- V. ANALYSIS OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM NATURAL DECAY SERIES -- VI. ANALYSIS OF TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS -- VII. ANALYSIS OF 14C IN FUELS CONTAINING BIOGENIC MATERIALS -- VIII. SPECTRUM DECONVOLUTION METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 -- Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring -- I. INTRODUCTION: OBJECTIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING -- II. TYPES OF MONITORING PROGRAMS -- III. FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING -- IV. MONITORING FOR INTERNAL EXPOSURE -- V. MONITORING FOR EXTERNAL EXPOSURE -- VI. MOBILE MONITORING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 -- Radioactive Aerosol Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL SAMPLING AND MEASUREMENT -- III. RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS IN AMBIENT AIR -- IV. RESIDENCE TIME OF RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 -- Marine Radioactivity Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SAMPLING TECHNIQUES -- III. UNDERWATER GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY. 
880 8 |6 505-00/(S  |a 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 DETECTORS -- REFERENCES -- 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 -- VI. ANALYSIS OF X-RAY, GAMMA-RAY, ATOMIC ELECTRON AND POSITRON EMITTERS -- VII. COMMON INTERFERENCES IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING -- VIII. MULTIPLE RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- IX. RADIONUCLIDE STANDARDIZATION -- X. NEUTRON/GAMMA-RAY MEASUREMENT AND DISCRIMINATION -- XI. DOUBLE BETA (ββ) DECAY DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT -- XII. DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF NEUTRINOS -- XIII. MICROPLATE SCINTILLATION AND LUMINESCENCE COUNTING -- XIV. PERALS AND LS ALPHA-SPECTROMETRY WITH LAAPDS -- XV. SIMULTANEOUS α/β ANALYSIS -- XVI. PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS IN LSC -- XVII. SCINTILLATION IN NOBLE LIQUIDS -- XVIII. RADIONUCLIDE IDENTIFICATION -- XIX. AIR LUMINESCENCE COUNTING. 
880 8 |6 505-01/(S  |a VIII. N/γ PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION -- IX. BONNER SPHERE NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY -- X. LUCAS CELL -- XI. PHOSWICH DETECTORS -- XII. NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS -- XIII. DOUBLE BETA (ββ) DECAY MEASUREMENTS -- XIV. SCINTILLATING BOLOMETERS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 -- Flow-Cell Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HPLC FLOW SCINTILLATION ANALYZERS -- III. PRINCIPLES OF FLOW SCINTILLATION COUNTING -- IV. FLOW SCINTILLATOR SELECTION -- V. DUAL-FUNCTIONALITY FLOW-CELL DETECTORS -- VI. FLOW-CELL RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS SEQUENTIAL TO SEPARATION -- VII. STOPPED-FLOW DETECTION -- VIII. FLOW-CELL EFFLUENT WATER MONITORS -- IX. SINGLE-RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS IN HPLC -- X. DUAL-RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS -- XI. ON-LINE HPLC-FSA AND MASS SPECTROMETRY (MS)1 -- XII -- ON-LINE FSA AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR)2 -- XIII -- ON-LINE HPLC-FSA-MS-NMR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18 -- Automated Radiochemical Separation, Analysis, and Sensing -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATIONS -- III. AUTOMATION OF RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS USING FLOW INJECTION OR SEQUENTIAL INJECTION FLUIDICS -- IV. SELECTED RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS EXAMPLES -- V. AUTOMATION USING ROBOTICS -- VI. AUTOMATED MONITORS FOR INDUSTRIAL-SCALE NUCLEAR PROCESSES -- VII. RADIONUCLIDE SENSORS AND SYSTEMS FOR WATER MONITORING -- VIII. MEDICAL ISOTOPE GENERATION -- IX. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19 -- High-Resolution Beta Imaging -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. AUTORADIOGRAPHY PRINCIPLES -- III. ENERGY-STORAGE LATENT IMAGING -- IV. PARTICLE-COUNTING IMAGING SYSTEMS -- V. COMPARATIVE USE OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES -- VI. OTHER APPLICATIONS -- VII. PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 20 -- Analytical Techniques in Nuclear Safeguards -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PHOTON-BASED ASSAY FOR SAFEGUARDS -- III. NEUTRON-BASED ASSAY FOR SAFEGUARDS -- IV. CALORIMETRIC ASSAY -- REFERENCES. 
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