19. Alphabetical table of contents

absorption curve

absorption of alpha radiation

absorption of beta radiation

absorption of gamma radiation

absorption, range

accelerators

accelerators, radionuclide production

activity

activity concentration

activity equilibrium

activity unit

activity vs mass

alpha decay

alpha detector

alpha emitters (table of typical)

alpha particle

alpha radiation

alpha spectrometry

alpha spectrum

alpha spectrum 2

alpha spectrum 3

americium

amu

annihilation

annihilation 2

annihilation peak

antineutrino

artificial radionuclides

atomic number

atomic structure

atomic weight

auger electrons

autoradiography

Avogadro´s number

background

background, subtraction of

backscattering

backscattering coefficient

barn

becquerel

Becquerel, Henri

berkelium

beta decay chains

beta decay

beta decay processes

beta emitters, pure

beta particle

beta radiation

beta spectrum

binding energy

Bohr, Niels

bremsstrahlung

calibration curve (gamma calibration)

calibration, efficiency

calibration, energy

californium

CCD camera filming

Chadwick, James

Cherenkov counting

Cherenkov radiation

cloud chamber

coherent scattering

Compton effect

Compton events

Compton scattering

continuous spectrum

cosmic radiation

cosmogenic radionuclides

Coulomb barrier

Coulomb´s constant

Coulomb´s law

counting efficiency

counting efficiency in liquid scintillation counting

count rate (1)

count rate (2)

count rate, gross

count rate, net

critical mass

cross section

curie (Ci)

Curie, Marie

curium

cyclotrons

daughter nuclide distribution, fission

dead-time

decay constant

decay processes

decay rate

decay chains

decay chain, actinium

decay chain, beta

decay chain, thorium

decay chain, uranium

decay series

delayed neutron

detection efficiency (in germanium detectors)

detector

determination of half-lives

deuterium

deuteron

different radiation types

digital autoradiography

dpm

dps

dynode

efficiency calibration

einsteinium

elastic scattering

electron

electron capture

electron cloud

electron shell

electron volt

E(max) (beta)

endoergic reaction

energy calibration

energy resolution

energy valley

equilibria in natural decay chains

error, random

error, systematic

europium

even-even

even-odd

equilibrium

equilibrium, in natural decay chains

equilibrium, non-

equilibrium, secular

equilibrium, transient

excitation

excitation, beta

excitation function

excited state

exoergic reaction

Fajans, Kasimir

Fermi, Enrico

fermium

film autoradiography

first nuclear reactor

fissile

fission

fission (2)

fission, uranium spontaneous

fissionable

fission, induced

fission products

fission products distribution

fission, spontaneous

fragmentation reaction

fusion

FWHM, Full Width at Half Maximum

gamma detectors

gamma radiation

gamma rays

gamma spectrometry

gamma spectrum

gamma spectrum, interpretation

gas ionization detector

gas ionization detector (function)

Geiger-Muller (GM) tube

germanium detectors

Hahn, Otto

half-life

HPLC

induced fission

induced fission 2

inelastic scattering

interactions of particles and rays

interaction of radiation with matter

internal conversion

internal standard in liquid scintillation counting

internal transition

ionization

ionization, alpha radiation

ionization, beta radiation

ionization chamber

ionization, secondary

ionization, specific

isobar

isobaric line

isotope

isotope effect

isotope separation

isotope separation, analytical

isotope separation, chemical isotope exchange

isotope separation, electrolytic

isotope separation, electromagnetic

isotope separation, gas centrifuge

isotope separation, gas diffusion

isotope separation, industrial

isotope separation, mass spectrometry

isotopic ratios

Joliot-Curie, Frederic

Joliot-Curie, Irene

liquid drop model

liquid drop model (2)

liquid scintillation

liquid scintillation counter

liquid scintillation counting principle

liquid scintillation spectrum

long-lived radionuclides

magical nuclides

magical numbers

Manhattan Project

mass defect

mass number

mass spectrometry

measurement of radionuclides

measurement system

Meitner, Lise

mendelevium

Mosely, Henry

multichannel analyzer

NaI(Tl) detector

neutrino

neutron

neutron capture

neutron, delayed

neutron induced nuclear reactions

neutron-rich

neutron, thermal

neutron to proton ratio

non-equilibrium

normal distribution

nuclear force

nuclear power

nuclear power, accidents

nuclear reaction

nuclear reaction energetics

nuclear reaction kinetics

nuclear reaction models

nuclear reaction types

nuclear shell model

nucleus

nucleon

nuclide

nuclide chart

number of radioactive nuclei

odd-even

odd-odd

odd-even problem

Oppenheimer, Robert

pair formation

particles and rays from decay processes

PET tomography

photocathode

photoelectric effect

photomultiplier tube

photonuclear reactions

photopeak

plutonium

positron

positron annihilation

positron decay

positron particle

potential diagram

primordial radionuclides

production of radionuclides

projectile particle

proportional counter

proton

proton-rich

pure beta emitters

pure positron emitters

quenching

quenching series

radiation imaging

radioactive decay

radioactive decay law

radioactive decay series

radiocarbon

radiochemical purity (in production)

radioisotope

radionuclide

radionuclide generators

radionuclide imaging in radiopharmaceutical research

radionuclide production in accelerators

radionuclide production in reactors

range of alpha radiation

rate of radioactive decay

radon

recoil (beta)

recombination area

research reactors

resolution in autoradiography

Rutherford, Ernst

sample preparation for alpha spectrometry

sample preparation in gamma spectrometry

sample preparation for liquid scintillation counting

sample pretreatment for alpha spectrometry

scattering, coherent

scattering, Compton

scattering, elastic

scattering, inelastic

scintillation agents

scintillation cocktail

scintillation solvent

scintillator molecule

Seaborg, Glen T.

secondary beta decay processes

secular equilibrium

semiconductor detectors for alpha spectrometry

semiconductor detectors for gamma spectrometry

silicon detectors in alpha spectrometry

single channel analyzer

single channel mode

Soddy, Frederick

Solid scintillation detectors

solid scintillator

solid state nuclear track detectors

spallation

specific activity

specific ionization

SPECT tomography

spontaneous fission

standard deviation

standard deviation of activity

statistics in radioactivity measurements

storage phosphor screen autoradiography

Strassman, Fritz

substraction of background (gamma spectrometry)

target nucleus

thermal neutron

thorium

TLC

tomography

tracers

tracer usage, alpha spectrometry

transient equilibrium

threshold energy

tritium

tunneling

types of radiation

uncertainty of activity (standard deviation)

uncertainty of gross count rate

uncertainty of net count rate

uncertainty (table)

uranium

uranium enrichment

use of gas ionization counters (GM-tube and proportional counter)

X-rays