Atoms, radiation, and radiation protection. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Bogard, James S; Downing, D. J; Coleman, Robert L; Eckerman, K. F; Turner, J. E (James Edward)
• Other Names: Turner, J. E (James Edward)
• Contents: ABOUT ATOMIC PHYSICS AND RADIATION; Classical Physics; Discovery of X-Rays; Some Important Dates in Atomic and Radiation Physics; Important Dates in Radiation Protection; Sources and Levels of Radiation Exposure; Suggested Reading; ; ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND ATOMIC RADIATION; The Atomic Nature of Matter (ca. 1900); The Rutherford Nuclear Atom; Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom; Semiclassical Mechanics, 1913-1925; Quantum Mechanics; The Pauli Exclusion Principle; Atomic Theory of the Periodic System; Molecules; Solids and Energy Bands; Continuous and Characteristic X Rays; Auger Electrons; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; THE NUCLEUS AND NUCLEAR RADIATION; Nuclear Structure; Nuclear Binding Energies; Alpha Decay; Beta Decay (beta-); Gamma-Ray Emission; Internal Conversion; Orbital Electron Capture; Positron Decay (beta+); Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; Activity; Exponential Decay; Specific Activity; Serial Radioactive Decay; Natural Radioactivity; Radon and Radon Daughters; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; INTERACTION OF HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES WITH MATTER; Energy-Loss Mechanisms; Maximum Energy Transfer in a Single Collision; Single-Collision Energy-Loss Spectra; Stopping Power; Semiclassical Calculation of Stopping Power; The Bethe Formula for Stopping Power; Mean Excitation Energies; Table for Computation of Stopping Powers; Stopping Power of Water for Protons; Range; Slowing-Down Time; Limitations of Bethe's Stopping-Power Formula; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; INTERACTION OF ELECTRONS WITH MATTER; Energy-Loss Mechanisms; Collisional Stopping Power; Radiative Stopping Power; Radiation Yield; Range; Slowing-Down Time; Examples of Electron Tracks in Water; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH CHARGED-PARTICLE TRACKS; Delta Rays; Restricted Stopping Power; Linear Energy Transfer (LET); Specific Ionization; Energy Straggling; Range Straggling; Multiple Coulomb Scattering; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; INTERACTION OF PHOTONS WITH MATTER; Interaction Mechanisms; Photoelectric Effect; Energy-Momentum Requirements for Photon Absorption by an Electron; Compton Effect; Pair Production; Photonuclear Reactions; Attenuation Coefficients; Energy-Transfer and Energy-Absorption Coefficients; Calculation of Energy Absorption and Energy Transfer; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; NEUTRONS, FISSION, AND CRITICALITY; Introduction; Neutron Sources; Classification of Neutrons; Interactions with Matter; Elastic Scattering; Neutron-Proton Scattering Energy-Loss Spectrum; Reactions; Energetics of Threshold Reactions; Neutron Activation; Fission; Criticality; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; METHODS OF RADIATION DETECTION; Ionization in Gases; Ionization in Semiconductors; Scintillation; Photographic Film; Thermoluminescence; Other Methods; Neutron Detection; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; STATISTICS; The Statistical World of Atoms and Radiation; Radioactive Disintegration-Exponential Decay; Radioactive Disintegration-a Bernoulli Process; The Binomial Distribution; The Poisson Distribution; The Normal Distribution; Error and Error Propagation; Counting Radioactive Samples; Minimum Significant Measured Activity-Type-I Errors; Minimum Detectable True Activity-Type-II Errors; Criteria for Radiobioassay, HPS Nl3.30-1996; Instrument Response; Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; RADIATION DOSIMETRY; Introduction; Quantities and Units; Measurement of Exposure; Measurement of Absorbed Dose; Measurement of X- and Gamma-Ray Dose; Neutron Dosimetry; Dose Measurements for Charged-Particle Beams; Determination of LET; Dose Calculations; Other Dosimetric Concepts and Quantities; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RADIATION; Time Frame for Radiation Effects; Physical and Prechemical Chances in Irradiated Water; Chemical Stage; Examples of Calculated Charged-Particle Tracks in Water; Chemical Yields in Water; Biological Effects; Sources of Human Data; The Acute Radiation Syndrome; Delayed Somatic Effects; Irradiation of Mammalian Embryo and Fetus; Genetic Effects; Radiation Biology; Dose-Response Relationships; Factors Affecting Dose Response; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; RADIATION-PROTECTION CRITERIA AND EXPOSURE LIMITS; Objective of Radiation Protection; Elements of Radiation-Protection Programs; The NCRP and ICRP; NCRP/ICRP Dosimetric Quantities; Risk Estimates for Radiation Protection; Current Exposure Limits of the NCRP and ICRP; Occupational Limits in the Dose-Equivalent System; The "2015 ICRP Recommendations"; ICRU Operational Quantities; Probability of Causation; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; EXTERNAL RADIATION PROTECTION; Distance, Time, and Shielding; Gamma-Ray Shielding; Shielding in X-Ray Installations; Protection from Beta Radiation; Neutron Shielding; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; INTERNAL DOSIMETRY AND RADIATION PROTECTION; Objectives; ICRP Publication; Methodology; ICRP-30 Dosimetric Model for the Respiratory System; ICRP-66 Human Respiratory Tract Model; ICRP-30 Dosimetric Model for the Gastrointestinal Tract; Organ Activities as Functions of Time; Specific Absorbed Fraction, Specific Effective Energy, Committed Quantities; Number of Transformations in Source Organs over 50 Y; Dosimetric Model for Bone; ICRP-30 Dosimetric Model for Submersion in a Radioactive Cloud; Selected ICRP-30 Metabolic Data for Reference Man; Suggested Reading; Problems; Answers; ; APPENDIX; A Physical Constants; B Units and Conversion Factors; C Some Basic Formulas of Physics (MKS and CCS Units); D Selected Data on Nuclides; E Statistical Derivations; ; Index; ;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (608 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 539.722; Ionizing radiation; Radiation -- Safety measures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527805587
• Related ISBNs: 9783527413522
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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