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| − | == Radioactivity, radionuclides and radiation | + | == Radioactivity, radionuclides and radiation == |
| − | <br> | + | – principles of nuclear physics to radiochemists<br> |
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| + | Return to: [[CINCH Recommended Knowledge|Overview of Minimum Requirments]] | ||
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| + | === Aim === | ||
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| + | To teach NRC students the basic knowledge in nuclear physics in order to understand the nature<br>of radioactivity, reasons for stability/instability of nuclides, modes of radioactive decay<br>processes, types of radiation emitted in radioactive decay processes and the rate of radioactive<br>decay | ||
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| + | === Suptopics === | ||
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| + | *structure of atom and nucleus, nucleons | ||
| + | *nuclides, radionuclides, isotopes, isobars, nuclide charts | ||
| + | *types and origin of radionuclides (natural decay series, primary primordial radionuclides,<br>secondary natural radionuclides, cosmogenic radionuclides, artificial radionuclides,<br>formation and occurrence) | ||
| + | *stability of nuclei (stable nuclides vs. radionuclides, masses on nucleons, mass deficiency,<br>binding energy, binding energy per nucleon, proton to neutron ratio, energy valley –<br>semiempirical equation of mass – beta parabola, fission, fusion) | ||
| + | *modes of radioactive decay | ||
| + | **fission (process, spontaneous vs. induced, energetics, formation of fission products, fission yields, fissionable/fissile, nature of fission products) | ||
| + | **alpha decay (process, energetics, alpha recoil, decay to daughter’s ground state, decay to daughter’s exited state, formation of alpha spectrum) | ||
| + | **beta decay (processes in beta minus decay, positron decay and electron capture, energetics, beta recoil, neutrino/antineutrino, distribution of decay energy, formation of beta spectrum, beta parabola for odd/even nuclides, secondary processes (gamma decay, formation of Auger electrons and X-rays, annihilation of positrons) | ||
| + | **internal transition (gamma decay, internal conversion, energetics, gamma recoil,<br>metastable isomeric states, formation of gamma spectrum) - rate of radioactive decay, half-life, activity units, activity concentrations vs. specific activity, activity vs. count rate, determination of half-lives, equilibria in successive decay processes - isotopic exchange - isotope effects - principles and uses of nuclear power reactors | ||
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| + | <br> | ||
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| + | ==== Teaching Material from NukWik ==== | ||
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| + | *The Chart of the Nuclides - [[Problem set 1|Problem set 1]] - [[Solutions 1|Solutions 1]] | ||
| + | *Mother-Daugther Relations and Equilibrium - [[Problem set 2|Problem set 2]] - [[Solutions 2|Solutions 2]] | ||
| + | *Amount of Radioactive Material (number of nuclei, number of moles, weigth) and the Law of Radioactive Decay - [[Problem set 3|Problem set 3]] - [[Solutions 3|Solutions 3]] | ||
| + | *Mass, Binding Energy and the Liquid Drop Model - [[Problem set 4|Problem set 4]] - [[Solutions 4|Solutions 4]] | ||
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| + | *[[Basic Laboratory Procedures for Radiochemistry]] | ||
| + | *[[Introduction to Radiochemistry - Counting statistics|Introduction to Radiochemistry]] | ||
| + | *[[Radionuclide Generator]] | ||
| + | *[[Naturally Occuring Radioactivity - NORM and TENORM]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:MSc]][[Category:Basics]][[Category:Teaching]][[Category:CINCH]][[Category:Minimum_requirement]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:39, 21 September 2012
Contents
Radioactivity, radionuclides and radiation
– principles of nuclear physics to radiochemists
Return to: Overview of Minimum Requirments
Aim
To teach NRC students the basic knowledge in nuclear physics in order to understand the nature
of radioactivity, reasons for stability/instability of nuclides, modes of radioactive decay
processes, types of radiation emitted in radioactive decay processes and the rate of radioactive
decay
Suptopics
- structure of atom and nucleus, nucleons
- nuclides, radionuclides, isotopes, isobars, nuclide charts
- types and origin of radionuclides (natural decay series, primary primordial radionuclides,
secondary natural radionuclides, cosmogenic radionuclides, artificial radionuclides,
formation and occurrence) - stability of nuclei (stable nuclides vs. radionuclides, masses on nucleons, mass deficiency,
binding energy, binding energy per nucleon, proton to neutron ratio, energy valley –
semiempirical equation of mass – beta parabola, fission, fusion) - modes of radioactive decay
- fission (process, spontaneous vs. induced, energetics, formation of fission products, fission yields, fissionable/fissile, nature of fission products)
- alpha decay (process, energetics, alpha recoil, decay to daughter’s ground state, decay to daughter’s exited state, formation of alpha spectrum)
- beta decay (processes in beta minus decay, positron decay and electron capture, energetics, beta recoil, neutrino/antineutrino, distribution of decay energy, formation of beta spectrum, beta parabola for odd/even nuclides, secondary processes (gamma decay, formation of Auger electrons and X-rays, annihilation of positrons)
- internal transition (gamma decay, internal conversion, energetics, gamma recoil,
metastable isomeric states, formation of gamma spectrum) - rate of radioactive decay, half-life, activity units, activity concentrations vs. specific activity, activity vs. count rate, determination of half-lives, equilibria in successive decay processes - isotopic exchange - isotope effects - principles and uses of nuclear power reactors
Teaching Material from NukWik
- The Chart of the Nuclides - Problem set 1 - Solutions 1
- Mother-Daugther Relations and Equilibrium - Problem set 2 - Solutions 2
- Amount of Radioactive Material (number of nuclei, number of moles, weigth) and the Law of Radioactive Decay - Problem set 3 - Solutions 3
- Mass, Binding Energy and the Liquid Drop Model - Problem set 4 - Solutions 4
