Radioanalytical Chemistry Experiments [Paperback]

This Manual accompanies the Textbook, teaching radioanalytical chemistry to seniors and graduate students. The manual can be used in conjunction with the textbook to teach a 3-hour lecture course and a 6-hour laboratory. The experiments address a range of practical aspects in the radiochemistry laboratory: use of laboratory and radiation detection equipment, performing specific analyses for radio-iodine, radio-strontium, uranium, and plutonium.

Principles for Radioanalytical Chemistry p. 1Experiment 1Practice in Pipetting and Weighing Samples for Radioactivity Counting p. 9Experiment 2Radiation Detection Instrument Calibration and Quality Assurance p. 14Experiment 3Determination of Gamma Ray Self-absorption in a KCl Sample p. 28Experiment 4Preparation of a Beta-particle Self-absorption Curve for 40K p. 33Experiment 5Preparation and Standardization of Carriers p. 39Experiment 6Preparation of 242Pu Tracer Solution p. 42Experiment 7Basic Radiochemical Separation Techniques: Precipitation,Solvent Extraction, and Ion Exchange p. 48Experiment 8Determination of Radium-226 and Radium-228 in Drinking Water p. 64Experiment 9Radiochemical Determination of Tritium in Water p. 77Experiment 10Determination of 131I in Water p. 83Exercise 1Modification of a Published Procedure for the Determinationof Picocurie Concentrations of Iodine-131 in Milk &

The education of the radioanalytical chemist has two critical components: theory and practice. The textbook Radioanalytical Chemistry was designed to address the theory component of this education. l3Ë