- Provides comprehensive information as a practical reference.
- Presents fundamental physical principles, in brief, of nuclear and radiochemistry.
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DAVID J. MORRISSEY, PhD, is a Professor of Chemistry and faculty member of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab at Michigan State University.
GLENN T. SEABORG, PhD (deceased), was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and cofounder and chairman of the Lawrence Hall of Science. He is credited with discovering ten new elements, including plutonium and one that now bears his name, seaborgium. In 1951, Dr. Seaborg and his colleague Edwin McMillan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into transuranium elements.
Chapter 1. Introductory Concepts.
Chapter 2. Nuclear Properties.
Chapter 3. Radioactive Decay Kinetics.
Chapter 4. Radiotracers.
Chapter 5. Nuclear Forces.
Chapter 6. Nuclear Structure.
Chapter 7. a Decay.
Chapter 8. B Decay.
Chapter 9. y-Ray Decay.
Chapter 10. Nuclear Reactions.
Chapter 11. Fission.
Chapter 12. Nuclear Reactions in Nature: Nuclear Astrophysics.
Chapter 13. Analytical Applications of Nuclear Reactions.
chapter 14. Reactors and Accelerators.
Chapter 15. The Transuranium Elements.
Chapter 16. Nuclear Reactor Chemistry.
Chapter 17. Interaction of Radiation with Matter.
Chapter 18. Radiation Detectors.
Chapter 19. Radiochemical Techniques.
Appendix A: Fundamental Constants and Conversion Factors.
Appendix B: Nuclear Wallet Cards.
Appendix C: Periodic Table of Elements.
Appendix D: List of Elements.
Appendix E: Elements of Quantum Mechanics.
Index.
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