absorption curve

absorption of alpha radiation

absorption of beta radiation

accelerators

activity

activity concentration

activity equilibrium

activity unit

activity vs mass

alpha decay

alpha_emitters (table of typical)

alpha particle

alpha radiation

alpha spectrometry

alpha spectrum

alpha spectrum 2

americium

amu

annihilation

annihilation peak

antineutrino

artificial radionuclides

atomic number

atomic structure

atomic weight

auger electrons

autoradiography

Avogadro´s number

backscattering coefficient

becquerel

Becquerel, Henri

berkelium

beta decay chains

beta decay processes

beta particle

beta radiation

binding energy

Bohr, Niels

bremsstrahlung

calibration curve (gamma calibration)

californium

Chadwick, James

Cherenkov radiation

cloud chamber

coherent scattering

Compton effect

Compton scattering

continuous spectrum

cosmic radiation

cosmogenic radionuclides

counting efficiency

count rate (1)

count rate (2)

Curie, Marie

curium

cyclotrons

dead-time

decay constant

decay processes

decay rate

decay series

detection efficiency (in germanium detectors)

detector

determination of half-lives

deuterium

efficiency calibration

einsteinium

electron

electron capture

electron shells

electron volt

E(max) (beta)

energy calibration

energy resolution

energy valley

equilibria in natural decay chains

even-even

even-odd

excitation

excitation (beta)

excited state

Fajans, Kasimir

Fermi, Enrico

fermium

first nuclear reactor

fission

fusion

gamma radiation

gamma spectrum

gas ionization detector (function)

Geiger-Muller (GM) tube

germanium detectors

Hahn, Otto

half-life

induced fission

interactions of particles and rays

internal conversion

internal transition

ionization

ionization (beta)

ionization chamber

isobar

isobaric line

isotope

isotopic ratios

Joliot-Curie, Frederic

Joliot-Curie, Irene

liquid drop model

liquid scintillation

long-lived radionuclides

magical nuclides

magical numbers

Manhattan Project

mass defect

mass number

mass spectrometry

measurement system

Meitner, Lise

mendelevium

Mosely, Henry

multichannel analyzer

NaI(Tl) detector

neutrino

neutron

neutron-rich

neutron to proton ratio

non-equilibrium

nuclear force

nuclear power

nuclear reaction

nuclear shell model

nucleus

nucleon

nuclide

nuclide chart

odd-even

odd-odd

odd-even problem

Oppenheimer, Robert

pair formation

photoelectric effect

photomultiplier tube

photopeak

plutonium

positron

positron decay

positron particle

potential diagram

proportional counter

proton

proton-rich

pure beta emitters

pure positron emitters

radioactive decay

radioactive decay law

radioactive decay series

radiochemical purity (in production)

radioisotope

radionuclide

radionuclide generators

radionuclide production in accelerators

radionuclide production in reactors

range of alpha radiation

rate of radioactive decay

radon

recoil (beta)

recombination area

Rutherford, Ernst

sample preparation for alpha spectrometry

sample preparation in gamma spectrometry

sample pretreatment for alpha spectrometry

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 mode

Soddy, Frederick

solid scintillator

specific activity

specific ionization

Strassman, Fritz

substraction of background (gamma spectrometry)

thermal neutron

thorium

tracer usage, alpha spectrometry

transient equilibrium

tritium

tunneling

uranium

uranium enrichment

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

X-rays