Physics for Radiation Protection
Blackwell Verlag GmbH (Hersteller)
978-3-527-61879-8 (ISBN)
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Designed for readers with limited as well as basic science backgrounds, the handbook presents clear, thorough and up-to-date explanations of the basic physics necessary. It provides an overview of the major discoveries in radiation physics, plus extensive discussion of radioactivity, including sources and materials, as well as calculational methods for radiation exposure, comprehensive appendices and more than 400 figures. The text draws substantially on current resource data available, which is cross-referenced to standard compendiums, providing decay schemes and emission energies for approximately 100 of the most common radionuclides encountered by practitioners. Excerpts from the Chart of the Nuclides, activation cross sections, fission yields, fission-product chains, photon attenuation coefficients, and nuclear masses are also provided. Throughout, the author emphasizes applied concepts and carefully illustrates all topics using real-world examples as well as exercises.
A much-needed working resource for health physicists and other radiation protection professionals.
JAMES E. MARTIN, PhD, CHP, is Associate Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Michigan where he has done research and teaching on environmental and public health aspects of radiation with an emphasis on radiation physics since 1982. He also served 25 years (1957-81) with the U.S. Public Health Service and Environmental Protection Agency, doing environmental assessments of radioactive materials and of protection standards. His doctorate is in Radiological Health. Professor Martin is certified in Health Physics by the American Board of Health Physics and has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers and numerous articles and reports. Advisory committee memberships include two National Academy of Science committees, the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Introductory Concepts
Forces and Energy in Atoms
Major Discoveries in Radiation Physics
Interactions
Radioactive Transformation
Naturally Occurring Radiation and Radioactivity
Interactions of Radiation with Matter
Radiation Shielding
Production of Activation Products
Nuclear Fission and Its Products
Nuclear Criticality
Radiation Detection and Measurement
Statistics in Radiation Physics
Neutrons
X Rays
Appendices
Answers to Selected Problems
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.1.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 3-527-61879-1 / 3527618791 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-527-61879-8 / 9783527618798 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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