| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester (civil), 6th or 7th semester (diplom) |
| Scope and form: Lectures, problem solving, laboratory experiments. |
| Evaluation: Written exam
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 91161 |
| Participant limitation: Min. 5 Max. 24 |
| Aim: The purpose is to enable participants to plan and perform an experiment involving radioactive material. Selection of radionuclide and measurement technique. Calculation of the necessary amount of radioactivity taking due consideration of health physics. |
| Contents: Atomic and nuclear structure. Nuclear mass and stability. Nuclear decay. Radioactivity. Ionizing radiation and matter. Measurement of radioactivity: GM-counters, liquid and solid state scintillation counters, semiconductor detectors. Radiochemical methods. Radiation doses. Radiation protection. |
Remarks: Notes in Danish are available: Bertel Lohmann Andersen: Radionuklider - teori og praksis, IFAK 1995. A monograph in English covering a part of the subject matter is: William D. Ehman and Diane E. Vance: Radiochemistry and nuclear methods of analysis, John Wiley adn sons, 1991.
Radionuclides - theory and practice. |
| Contact: Bertel Lohmann Andersen, building 307, (+45) 4525 3144, bertel.lohmann.andersen@fysik.dtu.dk |
| Department: 010 Department of Physics |
| Keywords: radioactivity |
| Updated: 28-06-2001 |
