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Author:

Biddle, Wayne.

Title:

A field guide to radiation / Wayne Biddle.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xxvi, 258 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Radiation.
Radioisotopes.
Radioactive substances.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Absorbed dose -- Actinium-225, -227 -- Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) -- Alpha particles -- Americium-241, -244 -- Antimony-122, -124, -125, -126, -127 -- Argon-37 -- Background radiation -- Barium-133, -137, -140 -- Becquerel -- Beryllium-7, -10 -- Beta particles -- Bismuth-205, -210, -212, -213, -214 -- Boron, Cadmium -- Bromine-77 -- Calcium-45, -47 -- Californium-252 -- Carbon-11, -14 -- Cell phones -- Cerium-141, -144 -- Cesium-134, -135, -136, -137 -- Chromium-51 -- Cobalt-57, -58, -60 -- Containment -- Cosmic rays -- Critical mass -- Curie -- Curium-242, -243, -244 == Decay product -- Dosimeter -- Effective dose -- Enriched uranium -- Equivalent dose -- Exposure -- Fallout -- Fission/fusion -- Francium-223 -- Gamma rays -- Geiger counter -- Gray -- Half-life -- Iodine-123,m -124, -125, -131 -- Iridium-192 -- Iron-55, -59 -- Krypton-81, -85 -- Lanthanum-140 -- Lead-210, -212, -214 -- Linear no-threshold (LNT) -- Medical radiation -- Molybdenum-99 -- Neptunium-237, -239 -- Neutrons -- Nickel-59, -63 -- Niobium-95 -- Occupational radiation -- Plutonium-238, -239, -240, -241, -242, -244 -- Polonium-210, -214, -218 -- Potassium-40 -- Praseodymium-144 -- Proactinium-231 -- Radioactive waste -- Radioisotope, radionuclide -- Radium-223, -224, -226, -228 -- Radon -- Rubidium-82, -85, -87 -- Ruthenium-103, -106 -- Scandium-46, -47 -- Selenium-79 -- Sievert -- Silver-108M, -110M -- Sodium-22, -24 -- Strontium-89, -90 -- Sulfur-35 -- Technetium-99M -- Tellurium-129, -132 -- Thallium-201 -- Thorium-231, -232 -- Tritium -- Uranium-235, -235, -238 -- Xenon-133, -135 -- X-rays -- Yttrium-90, -91 -- Zinc-65 -- Zirconium-93, -95.

ISBN:

0143121278 (pbk.)
9780143121275 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757469092

LCCN:

2012009025

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)