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Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry
Paper Code:
CHY - 425(B)
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
To learn about nuclear chemistry and to equip students for future career in nuclear industry.
9.00
Unit I:
Atomic Nucleus
Sub-nucleons, classification of nuclides, nuclear stability, binding energy, nuclear radius, orbital, spin and total angular momentum of nucleons, electric quadrupole moment of nuclides; nuclear models – liquid drop model, fermi gas model, optical model, shell model.
10.00
Unit II:
Radioactivity
Pre requisite: Properties of α, β and γ rays.
Decay scheme, decay kinetics, parent-daughter decay growth relationship, branching decay, alpha emission, beta emission – type of beta decay, electron capture, neutrino, double beta decay, nuclear deexcitation – gamma emission, gamma transition, internal conversion, auger effect; artificial radioactivity, counters – Geiger counter, scintillation counter, proportional counter, semi conductor detector.
10.00
Unit III:
Nuclear Reactions
Pre requisite: Nuclear fission and fusion.
Types, special nuclear reaction – evaporation, spallation, fission, fragmentation; reaction cross section; compound nucleus mechanism for nuclear reaction, high energy, photo and thermo nuclear reaction; fission – process and product, fission energy, theory of nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, breader reactor in India, fusion and its scope.
7.00
Unit IV:
Elements of Radiation Chemistry
Interaction of radiation with matter, radiolysis of water, chemical and biological effect of radiation, units for measuring radiation absorption.
8.00
Unit V:
Applications of Radio Nuclides
Pre requisite: Radioisotopes
Tracer method, isotope dilution analysis, activation analysis, diffusion studies, structure determination, reaction mechanism, radio pharmaceuticals, dating techniques, neutron activation analysis.
Essential Readings:
- Essentials of Nuclear Chemistry, IV Edition; H.J. Arnikar; New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 1995.
- Source book on Atomic Energy II Edition; S. Glasstone; Van Nostrand Co. Inc., New Jersey.
- Nuclear Chemistry for B.Sc. and M.Sc. Students of Indian Universities, I Edition; C.V. Shekhar; Dominant Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2003.
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