Published June 2011 | Version v1
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How are radiation and radioactivity measured?

Creators

  • 1. Tokyo City Univ., Tokyo (Japan)

Description

Fundamentals in radiation measurement and radioactivity determination are given. Sample treatment and actual process needed in measurement are distinctly described. Also required technical terms such as half-life, decay series, trans-uranium element, gamma spectroscopy, multichannel analyzer, Ge and Na(I) detectors, gas-flow counter, GM counter, alpha spectroscopy, dose, rate, chemical dosimetry, radiation monitoring, survey meter and so on are briefly explained. (S. Ohno)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bunseki
Journal Issue
Jun 2011 issue
Journal Page Range
p. 315-322
ISSN
0386-2178

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
43115472
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; DATA COVARIANCES; DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
DETECTION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICS; MONITORING; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION

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Notes
11 refs., 2 figs., 3 tabs.