Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Turner, James E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471595810 ISBN 13: 9780471595816

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 1995

Synopsis

This thoroughly updated and expanded edition features two new chapters on statistics for health physics and on environmental radioactivity, particularly concerning radon and radon daughters. Fresh material includes: a derivation of the stopping-power formula for heavy charged particles in the impulse approximation, a detailed discussion of beta-particle track structure and penetration in matter, an extensive description of the various interaction coefficients for photons, several new worked examples and additional end-of-chapter problems.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection offers professionals and advanced students a comprehensive background in the major concepts of radiation and radiation protection. Covering both the basic physics of radiation and its applications, it provides a lucid and coherent account of the origins and properties of the different kinds of ionizing radiation, its detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from its harmful effects. This book illustrates the basic physical principles with an abundance of practical, worked-out examples, numerical problems, real world applications, and data. This thoroughly updated Second Edition includes expanded treatment of biological effects, radon, risk assessment, and statistics.

Researchers, administrators, and graduate students in health physics, environmental sciences, nuclear engineering, medical physics, and other fields involved with ionizing radiation will find Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection an invaluable guide to a vitally important area.

About the Author

JAMES E. TURNER is Distinguished Research Staff Member and Leader of the Analytic Dosimetry and Surface Physics Group of the Health Sciences Research Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Widely published in the areas of radiation physics and dosimetry and the chemical toxicity of metal ions, Dr. Turner is the author of three textbooks on radiation physics and health physics, including Problems and Solutions in Radiation Protection.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0471595810
• ISBN 13: 9780471595816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 576