Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis

Michael F. L'Annunziata

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2003
• eBook ISBN: 9780080495057
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Analytic Chemistry

Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis describes the preparation of samples from a wide variety of matrices, assists the investigator or technician in the selection and use of appropriate radiation detector, and presents the latest state-of-the-art computerized and automated methods of analysis. The new Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis is suitable as a teaching text for university and professional training courses. Of interest to those working in a wide spectrum of disciplines, including: scientists, engineers, physicians, and technicians involved with the preparation, utilization, or disposal of radioactive materials and the measurement of radioactivity in the environment. - New, expanded and updated edition with three additional chapters - Provides modern procedures and guidelines for the analysis of natural and man-made environmental radionuclides - Includes up-to-date detailed sample preparation techniques for soil, air, plant, water, biological tissue, filter material, gels, surface swipes, etc. - Provides practical information for radioactivity monitoring, spectrometric analysis, and radiation dosimetry - Covers state-of-the-art high sample throughput microplate analysis techniques and multi-detector scintillation proximity analysis - Presents the latest methods of rapid electronic radionuclide imaging - Written by twenty-five experts from eight countries. Over 2,000 literature references

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• CONTRIBUTORS
• ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
• FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
• FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
• PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
• PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
• Chapter 1: NUCLEAR RADIATION, ITS INTERACTION WITH MATTER AND RADIOISOTOPE DECAY
• Chapter 2: GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS
• Chapter 3: SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS
• Chapter 4: SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
• Chapter 5: LIQUID SCINTILLATION ANALYSIS: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
• Chapter 6: ENVIRONMENTAL LIQUID SCINTILLATION ANALYSIS
• Chapter 7: RADIOACTIVITY COUNTING STATISTICS
• Chapter 8: SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR LIQUID SCINTILLATION ANALYSIS
• Chapter 9: CHERENKOV COUNTING
• Chapter 10: RADIOISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETRY
• Chapter 11: SOLID SCINTILLATION ANALYSIS
• Chapter 12: FLOW SCINTILLATION ANALYSIS
• Chapter 13: RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING
• Chapter 14: AUTOMATED RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION, ANALYSIS, AND SENSING
• Chapter 15: RADIATION DOSIMETRY
• Appendix A: TABLE OF RADIOACTIVE
• Appendix B: PARTICLE RANGE-ENERGY
• INDEX