Understanding radiation science basic nuclear and health physics
Information for students studying nuclear physics, health physics, and nuclear engineering on the basic principles of atomic structure, types of radiation, terminology and units, radiation biology, exposure and controls, background radiation, personnel monitoring, and radiation instrumentation.
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Boca Raton, FL
Universal Publishers
2006
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Table of Contents:
- Atomic structure
- Types of radiation
- Dose measurements
- Radioactivity
- Exposure and controls
- Radiation biology
- Background radiationi
- Cosmic radiaiton
- Terrestrial radiation
- Waterborne radiation
- Fallout
- Personnel monitoring
- Contamination
- A radiation study
- Radiation instrumentation
- Basic nuclear electronics
- The gas amplification curve
- Ionization chambers
- Geiger-Muller (GM) counters
- Solid State detectors
- Scintillation detectors
- Neutron detectors
- Mujltichannel analyzer
- Counting times
- Historical events.