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Radioisotopes - Applications in Physical Sciences

Edited by: Nirmal Singh

ISBN 978-953-307-510-5, Hard cover, 496 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: October 2011
Subject: Physics

The book Radioisotopes - Applications in Physical Sciences is divided into three sections namely: Radioisotopes and Some Physical Aspects, Radioisotopes in Environment and Radioisotopes in Power System Space Applications. Section I contains nine chapters on radioisotopes and production and their various applications in some physical and chemical processes. In Section II, ten chapters on the applications of radioisotopes in environment have been added. The interesting articles related to soil, water, environmental dosimetry/tracer and composition analyzer etc. are worth reading. Section III has three chapters on the use of radioisotopes in power systems which generate electrical power by converting heat released from the nuclear decay of radioactive isotopes. The system has to be flown in space for space exploration and radioisotopes can be a good alternative for heat-to-electrical energy conversion. The reader will very much benefit from the chapters presented in this section.



Table of Contents

  1. Natural Occurring Radionuclide Materials
    Raad Obid Hussain and Hayder Hamza Hussain
    252 views, 92 downloads
  2. Research Reactor Fuel Fabrication to Produce Radioisotopes
    A. M. Saliba-Silva, E. F. Urano de Carvalho, H. G. Riella and M. Durazzo
    185 views, 172 downloads
  3. Application of Enriched Stable Isotopes in Element Uptake and Translocation in Plant
    Shinsuke Mori, Akira Kawasaki, Satoru Ishikawa and Tomohito Arao
    217 views, 100 downloads
  4. Diffusion Experiment in Lithium Ionic Conductors with the Radiotracer of 8Li
    Sun-Chan Jeong
    150 views, 54 downloads
  5. Determination of Chemical State and External Magnetic Field Effect on the Energy Shifts and X-Ray Intensity Ratios of Yttrium and Its Compounds
    Sevil Porikli and Yakup Kurucu
    228 views, 54 downloads
  6. Angular Dependence of Fluorescence X-Rays and Alignment of Vacancy State Induced by Radioisotopes
    İbrahim Han
    196 views, 98 downloads
  7. Determination of Actinides Using Digital Pulse Processing Analysis
    B. de Celis, V. del Canto, R. de la Fuente, J.M. Lumbreras, J. Mundo and B. de Celis Alonso
    241 views, 79 downloads
  8. The Newly Calculations of Production Cross Sections for Some Positron Emitting and Single Photon Emitting Radioisotopes in Proton Cyclotrons
    E. Tel, M. Sahan, A. Aydin, H. Sahan, F. A.Ugur and A. Kaplan
    208 views, 55 downloads
  9. History of Applications of Radioactive Sources in Analytical Instruments for Planetary Exploration
    Thanasis E. Economou
    195 views, 41 downloads
  10. Environmental Dosimetry – Measurements and Calculations
    Mats Isaksson
    208 views, 77 downloads
  11. Radiological Survey in Soil of South America
    María Luciana Montes and Judith Desimoni
    221 views, 70 downloads
  12. Radioactivity in Marine Salts and Sediments
    Manuel Navarrete, José Golzarri, Guillermo Espinosa, Graciela Müller, Miguel Angel Zúñiga and Michelle Camacho
    164 views, 50 downloads
  13. Utilizing Radioisotopes for Trace Metal Speciation Measurements in Seawater
    P.L. Croot, M.I. Heller, C. Schlosser and K. Wuttig
    234 views, 69 downloads
  14. Cesium (137Cs and 133Cs), Potassium and Rubidium in Macromycete Fungi and Sphagnum Plants
    Mykhailo Vinichuk, Anders Dahlberg and Klas Rosén
    185 views, 88 downloads
  15. Body Composition Analyzer Based on PGNAA Method
    Hamed Panjeh and Reza Izadi-Najafabadi
    230 views, 60 downloads
  16. Transportation Pathway of Potassium and Phosphorous in Grape Fruit
    Zhenming Niu, Yi Wang, Yanqing Lu, Xuefeng Xu and Zhenhai Han
    171 views, 69 downloads
  17. Intercellular Communication in Response to Radiation Induced Stress: Bystander Effects in Vitro and in Vivo and Their Possible Clinical Implications
    Maria Widel
    171 views, 93 downloads
  18. The Potential Of I-129 as an Environmental Tracer
    Andrej Osterc and Vekoslava Stibilj
    218 views, 81 downloads
  19. Hydrodynamic Characterization of Industrial Flotation Machines Using Radioisotopes
    Juan Yianatos and Francisco Díaz
    202 views, 154 downloads
  20. Radioisotope Power: A Key Technology for Deep Space Exploration
    George R. Schmidt, Thomas J. Sutliff and Leonard A. Dudzinski
    382 views, 206 downloads
  21. Radioisotope Power Systems for Space Applications
    Antonio Sanchez-Torres
    201 views, 85 downloads
  22. U.S. Space Radioisotope Power Systems and Applications: Past, Present and Future
    Robert L. Cataldo and Gary L. Bennett
    244 views, 128 downloads