Introduction to Nuclear Science, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Bryan, Jeff C

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

IntroductionRadiationAtomic StructureNuclear TransformationsNuclear StabilityIonizing RadiationA Biological ThreatNatural and Anthropogenic RadiationThe Chart of the NuclidesQuestionsMathematics of Radioactive DecayAtomic Masses and Average Atomic MassesNature of DecaySpecific ActivityDatingBranched DecayEquilibriaStatisticsQuestionsEnergy and the NucleusBinding EnergyTotal Energy of DecayDecay DiagramsQuestionsApplications of Nuclear Science I: Power and WeaponsNuclear PowerNuclear WeaponsNuclear ForensicsQuestionsRadioactive Decay: The Gory DetailsAlpha DecayBeta DecayPositron DecayElectron. Read more...

Abstract: IntroductionRadiationAtomic StructureNuclear TransformationsNuclear StabilityIonizing RadiationA Biological ThreatNatural and Anthropogenic RadiationThe Chart of the NuclidesQuestionsMathematics of Radioactive DecayAtomic Masses and Average Atomic MassesNature of DecaySpecific ActivityDatingBranched DecayEquilibriaStatisticsQuestionsEnergy and the NucleusBinding EnergyTotal Energy of DecayDecay DiagramsQuestionsApplications of Nuclear Science I: Power and WeaponsNuclear PowerNuclear WeaponsNuclear ForensicsQuestionsRadioactive Decay: The Gory DetailsAlpha DecayBeta DecayPositron DecayElectron

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Author
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Mathematics of Radioactive Decay
Chapter 3 Energy and the Nucleus
Chapter 4 Applications of Nuclear Science I: Power and Weapons
Chapter 5 Radioactive Decay: The Gory Details
Chapter 6 Interactions of Ionizing Radiation with Matter
Chapter 7 Detection of Ionizing Radiation
Chapter 8 Applications of Nuclear Science II: Medicine and Food
Chapter 9 Nuclear Reactions
Chapter 10 Fission and Fusion
Chapter 11 Applications of Nuclear Science III: More about Nuclear Reactors Chapter 12 Radiation ProtectionChapter 13 X-Ray Production
Chapter 14 Dosimetry of Radiation Fields
Appendix A: Useful Constants, Conversion Factors, SI Prefixes,and Formulas
Appendix B: Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix C: Nuclide Data
Appendix D: Table of Chi-Squared
Bibliography

✦ Subjects

Nuclear chemistry. Nuclear physics.