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This textbook highlights the fundamentals, applications and research frontiers of the civil-use non-power nuclear technology, especially the radioisotopes and radiation technology. The wide scope of applications and the active research in the subject field calls for a comprehensive textbook that not only explains the basic principles but also links the fundamentals to the various application fields. The book systematically leads students from isotope preparation, to nuclear analysis, and to the civil applications in areas such as chemical engineering, agriculture, medicine, environmental protection and materials modification. The application in the energy field is briefly introduced. The book can be used as good teaching materials for upper undergraduate and graduate students in nuclear science and technology. It is also a handy reference book for researchers and engineers in the above mentioned fields.
List of contents
1 Introduction.- Chapter 2. Preparation of radionuclides.- Chapter 3. Nuclear analysis techniques and methods.- Chapter 4. Nuclear instrumentation.- Chapter 5. Radiation processing.- Chapter 6. Application of nuclear technology in medicine.- Chapter 7. Application of nuclear technology in environmental protection.- Chapter 8. Application of nuclear technology in agriculture.- Chapter 9. Peaceful use of nuclear energy.- Appendix International System of Units (SI).- Appendix legal unit of measurement.- Appendix Quantity and Unit of Atomic Physics and Nuclear Physics.- Appendix Basic physical constants.- Appendix natural radionuclides.- Appendix Periodic Table.
About the author
Shunzhong Luo
Shunzhong Luo is former Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, and a professor at the Southwest University of Science and Technology, China. He serves as a Council Member of China Isotope and Radiation Association, and Standing Director of the Isotope Sector of Chinese Nuclear Society. In the past decades he has been engaged in the research and development of radioisotope technology and applications.
