In this 2nd edition, some new topics have been added considering the syllabus of post graduate courses dealing with Nuclear Chemistry like Shell model, fission/fusion reaction, natural radioactive equilibrium series, nuclear reactions carried by various types of accelerators, etc. This book concentrates on the techniques concerned with the detection and measurement of radioactivity. In order to appreciate the subject, law of decay of radioactivity, type of decay, interaction of radiation with matter are dealt with appropriately. It brings the difference between ionization counter, scintillation counter and solid state detector. Statistics of counting is also enumerated. This book will be useful for the Engineering and Science graduates, postgraduates and researchers of various universities in India and abroad.

Contents

1. Nuclear Chemistry 2. Radioactivity 3. Nuclear Reaction 4. Interaction of Radiation with Matter 5. Ionization Counters 6. Scintillation Counter 7. Non-conventional Detection Techniques 8. Sample Preparation for Counting 9. Factors Affecting the Counting Efficiency 10. Identification of Radioactive Isotopes 11. Statistics of Counting 12. Health Hazards and Protection 13. Radiochemical Separation Techniques 14. Hot Atom-Nuclear Reaction, Problems, References, Index