Index
235
Precaution G.M. counter, 78
Precautions liquid scintillation, 102–104
Precipitation technique, 202, 204
Presenting data of counting, 174
Principle of scintillation counter, 96–97
Process ion-pair, 67–68
Process of excitation, 50
Process of ionization, 50
Proportional region, 57
p-type, 122
Pulse height, 60
Pulse in ionization region, 60
Pulses α-particles, 62–63
Pulses β-particles, 62–63
Q
Quenching correction, 111
R
Rad, 188–189
Radioactive disposal, 199
Radioactive equilibrium, 26–31
Radioactive lab, 199–200
Radioactivity, 13
Radio chromatography, 131
Rate of decay, 25
γ -rays in scintillation, 99
Reaction by charged particles, 33–34
Reaction by uncharged particles, 34–37
Reaction cross-section, 39–41
Recombination region, 56
Region of limited proportionality, 57
Rem, 189
Retention activity, 218
R f factor, 131
S
Sample tray for counting, 150
Scintillation counter, 95
Scintillator, 99
Secondary ionization, 57
Secondary ion pairs, 55, 57
Secular equilibrium, 28
Semiconductor detector, 119–122, 127–128
Separation techniques, 188
Shell model, 11
SiGe detector, 128
Solid phosphor, 117
Solid sample preparation, 141
Somatic tissues, 185
Space charge region, 123–124
Spark chamber, 58
Spark region, 58
Spectrum of Cesium, 22
Square pulses, 61
Standard deviation, 174–175
Suspension counting, 139
Szilard-Chalmers reaction, 217–221
T
Thermal neutron, 35
Thickness window, 91–92
Tracer lab design, 184
Track detector, 134
Transient equilibrium, 29
Triangular pulse, 59
Type of gas in ionization counter, 66
Types of interaction, 45–46
V
Vacuum evaporation technique, 141
W
Washing liquid G.M. counter, 80
Window thickness G.M. counter, 91–92
X
X -ray film badges, 130