Detecting Environmental Radioactivity

This textbook presents the principles and methods for the measurement of radioactivity in the environment. In this regard, specific low-level radiation counting and spectrometry or mass spectrometry techniques are discussed, including sources, distribution, levels and dynamics of radioactivity in nature. The author gives an accurate description of the fundamental concepts and laws of radioactivity as well as the different types of detectors and mass spectrometers needed for detection. Special attention is paid to scintillators, semiconductor detectors, and gas ionization detectors. In order to explain radiochemistry, some concepts about chemical separations are introduced as well. The book is meant for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, chemistry or engineering oriented to environmental sciences, and to other disciplines where monitoring of the environment and its management is of great interest.

Author: Manuel García-León
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer
Published: 12/02/2022
Series: Graduate Texts in Physics
Pages: 629
Weight: 2.37lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.38d
ISBN: 9783031099694
2022 Edition