Detecting environmental radioactivity / Manuel García-León.
García-León, M. (Manuel)
2022
TD196.R3
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Title
Detecting environmental radioactivity / Manuel García-León.
Author
García-León, M. (Manuel)
ISBN
9783031099700 (electronic bk.)
3031099702 (electronic bk.)
3031099699
9783031099694
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09970-0
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-09970-0 doi
Call Number
TD196.R3
Dewey Decimal Classification
577.27/7
Summary
This textbook presents the principles and methods for the measurement of radioactivity in the environment. In this regard, specific low-level radiation counting and spectrometry or mass spectrometry techniques are discussed, including sources, distribution, levels and dynamics of radioactivity in nature. The author gives an accurate description of the fundamental concepts and laws of radioactivity as well as the different types of detectors and mass spectrometers needed for detection. Special attention is paid to scintillators, semiconductor detectors, and gas ionization detectors. In order to explain radiochemistry, some concepts about chemical separations are introduced as well. The book is meant for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, chemistry or engineering oriented to environmental sciences, and to other disciplines where monitoring of the environment and its management is of great interest.
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Series
Graduate texts in physics.
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Introduction
Radioactivity: history and phenomenology
Radioactivity: decay law, definitions and units
Natural and Artificial radioactivity
Environmental Radioactivity
Levels and behaviour of Environmental Radioactivity
Radiological impact. Radiation dosimetry
Principles of radiation detection: interaction of radiation with matter
Principles of radiation detection: counting and spectrometry
Gas ionization detectors
Scintillation detectors
Semiconductor detectors
Dosimeters, other detectors and specific designs
Radiochemistry for environmental samples
Principles of Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry
Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry Techniques
Principles of Mass Spectrometry
Principles of Particle Accelerators
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)
Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA).

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