Measurement and detection of radiation

By:

Tsoulfanidis, Nicholas

Contributor(s):

Landsberger, Sheldon

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015.Edition: 4thDescription: xxix, 576p. : illISBN:

9781482215496

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Other classification:

C9B3:eM Q1;Q5 TC

Summary: A Sound Introduction to Radiation Detection and Measurement for Newcomers to Nuclear Science and Engineering Since the publication of the bestselling third edition, there have been advances in the field of radiation detection, most notably in practical applications. Incorporating these important developments, Measurement and Detection of Radiation, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date and accessible introduction to radiation detector materials, systems, and applications. New to the Fourth Edition New chapters on nuclear forensics and nuclear medicine instrumentation, covering basic principles and applications as well as open-ended problems that encourage more in-depth research Updated references and bibliographies New and expanded problems As useful to students and nuclear professionals as its popular predecessors, this fourth edition continues to carefully explain the latest radiation detector technology and measurement techniques. It also discusses the correct ways to perform measurements and analyze results following current health physics procedures.

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Appendix A-E, 545-562p.; Index 563-576p.

A Sound Introduction to Radiation Detection and Measurement for Newcomers to Nuclear Science and Engineering

Since the publication of the bestselling third edition, there have been advances in the field of radiation detection, most notably in practical applications. Incorporating these important developments, Measurement and Detection of Radiation, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date and accessible introduction to radiation detector materials, systems, and applications.

New to the Fourth Edition

New chapters on nuclear forensics and nuclear medicine instrumentation, covering basic principles and applications as well as open-ended problems that encourage more in-depth research
Updated references and bibliographies
New and expanded problems

As useful to students and nuclear professionals as its popular predecessors, this fourth edition continues to carefully explain the latest radiation detector technology and measurement techniques. It also discusses the correct ways to perform measurements and analyze results following current health physics procedures.

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