Nuclear Techniques in Analytical Chemistry

International Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry

Alfred J. Moses, R. Belcher, L. Gordon

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780080106953
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483157047
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

Nuclear Techniques in Analytical Chemistry discusses highly sensitive nuclear techniques that determine the micro- and macro-amounts or trace elements of materials. With the increasingly frequent demand for the chemical determination of trace amounts of elements in materials, the analytical chemist had to search for more sensitive methods of analysis. This book accustoms analytical chemists with nuclear techniques that possess the desired sensitivity and applicability at trace levels. The topics covered include safe handling of radioactivity; measurement of natural radioactivity; and neutron activation analysis. The positive ion and gamma ray activation analysis; isotope dilution and tracer investigations of analytical techniques; and geo- and cosmochronology and miscellaneous nuclear techniques are also elaborated in this text. This publication is intended for analytical chemists, but is also valuable to students intending to acquire knowledge on nuclear techniques and analytical methods in chemistry.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Nuclear Techniques in Analytical Chemistry
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. SAFE HANDLING OF RADIOACTIVITY
• CHAPTER 2. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION. SOURCES OF RADIATION AND RADIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES
• CHAPTER 3. MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
• CHAPTER 4. PRINCIPLES OF ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
• CHAPTER 5. NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
• CHAPTER 6. POSITIVE ION AND GAMMA RAY ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
• CHAPTER 7. RADIATION SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION
• CHAPTER 8. ISOTOPE DILUTION AND TRACER INVESTIGATIONS OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
• CHAPTER 9. RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND EXCHANGE REACTIONS
• CHAPTER 10. GEO- AND COSMOCHRONOLOGY AND MISCELLANEOUS NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
• APPENDIX A: CHART OF THE NUCLIDES
• APPENDIX B: MONOGRAPHS ON THE RADIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ELEMENTS
• APPENDIX C: URANIUM AND THORIUM STANDARDS
• APPENDIX D:
• APPENDIX E: FAST NEUTRON
• APPENDIX F: ABBREVIATIONS
• INDEX*
• OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES ON ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY