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Summary
Summary
The updated and much expanded 3e of the Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis is an authoritative reference providing the principles, practical techniques, and procedures for the accurate measurement of radioactivity from the very low levels encountered in the environment to higher levels measured in radioisotope research, clinical laboratories, biological sciences, radionuclide standardization, nuclear medicine, nuclear power, and fuel cycle facilities and in the implementation of nuclear forensic analysis and nuclear safeguards. The book describes the basic principles of radiation detection and measurement and the preparation of samples from a wide variety of matrices, assists the investigator or technician in the selection and use of appropriate radiation detectors, and presents state-of-the-art methods of analysis. Fundamentals of radiation properties, radionuclide decay, the calculations involved, and methods of detection provide the basis for a thorough understanding of the analytical procedures. The Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis , 3e , is suitable as a teaching text for university and professional training courses.
Author Notes
Michael F. L'Annunziata, Ph.D. appears with a detailed biography in the annual editions of Who's Who in the World from 1987 to 2016 and Who's Who in America from 2000 to 2016. He majored in chemistry with a BSc degree from St. Edward's University in 1965; and he was awarded MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Arizona, Tucson in 1967 and 1970, respectively, and an Honorary Teaching Degree from the Central University of Ecuador in 1978. His graduate thesis research in the 1960s, financed by the then U.S. Atomic Energy Commission directed by Nobel laureate Glenn T. Seaborg, dealt with the analysis of radioactive strontium-89 and strontium-90 in the environment and the remediation of soils contaminated with strontium-90 in the event of nuclear fallout. L'Annunziata was a member of the Board of Governors, International Science Programs at Uppsala University between 1988 and 1991. He was Head of Fellowships and Training at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria from 1987-1991 and has served as IAEA Expert on peaceful applications of nuclear energy for development to over 50 countries of the world from 1976 to 2007. His main research interests have been focused on the development of chemical and instrumental methods for the detection and measurement of radioactive nuclides in the environment and the application of radioactive tracers in biological research. L'Annunziata was first to demonstrate in 1971 the separation of strontium-90 from its daughter nuclide yttrium-90 by electrophoresis as a potential method for strontium-90 analysis (J. Chem. Educ. 48, 700-703). He was the first to postulate in 1970 and 1975 the soil microbial epimerization of myo-inositol to other inositol isomers as a source of inositol phosphate isomers in soils (University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 1970 (http://dissexpress.umi.com/dxweb/search.html) and SSSA Journal 30(2), 377-379) and to demonstrate in 1977, with the use of radioactive carbon-14, the soil microbial epimerization of myo-inositol to D-chiro-inositol as a mechanism for the origin of the unique inositol phosphate isomers in soils (SSSA Journal 41(4), 733-736). Michael F. L'Annunziata was Honorary Professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China in 1992. He has authored several books among which his recent book entitled "Radioactivity: Introduction and History" published by Elsevier was on the LibraryJournal's Best Sellers List in Physics..
Reviews 1
Choice Review
No comprehensive resource work for nuclear science has been available since the first edition of Glenn F. Knoll's Radiation Detection and Measurement (CH, Nov'79). This new edition of L'Annunziata's book (1st ed., CH, Jan'99), which has much greater breadth than the third edition of Knoll's book (2000), has been updated since the 1998 edition to provide comprehensive reference information in nuclear science and to accurately reflect recent work in fields such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), carbon dating, and nuclear waste storage and disposal. Strong points of the book include an excellent mathematical and conceptual treatment of radiation and its interaction with matter; information on the use of solid state detectors for measurement of radon; descriptions of scintillation detectors and their use in environmental analysis; a good discussion of counting statistics, including Poisson and Gaussian distributions; and an excellent section on physical dosimetry. Other chapters include discussions of Cherenkov counting, radioisotope mass spectrometry, and radionuclide imaging. This book should be a part of every comprehensive science reference collection. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals. R. W. Sheets Southwest Missouri State University
Table of Contents
| 1 Radiation Physics and Radioisotope Decay |
| 2 Gas Ionization Detectors |
| 3 Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors |
| 4 Semiconductor Detectors |
| 5 Alpha Spectrometry |
| 6 Liquid Scintillation Analysis: Principles and Practice |
| 7 Sample Preparation Techniques for Liquid Scintillation Analysis |
| 8 Environmental Liquid Scintillation Analysis |
| 9 Radioactivity Counting Statistics |
| 0 Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring |
| 11 Radioactive Aerosol Analysis |
| 12 Marine Radioactivity Analysis |
| 3 Inorganic Mass Spectrometry of Radionuclides |
| 4 Radionuclide Standardization |
| 5 Cherenkov Counting |
| 6 Solid Scintillation Analysis |
| 17 Flow Scintillation Analysis |
| 18 Automated Radiochemical Separation, Analysis and Sensing |
| 19 High Resolution Beta Imaging for Quantitative Autoradiography |
| 20 Analytical Techniques in Nuclear Safeguards |
| 21 Nuclear Forensic Analysis |
| Appendix |
| Index |
