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.

References: 
  1. Essentials of Nuclear Chemistry, IV Edition; H.J. Arnikar; New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 1995.
  2. Source book on Atomic Energy II Edition; S. Glasstone; Van Nostrand Co. Inc., New Jersey.
  3. Nuclear Chemistry for B.Sc. and M.Sc. Students of Indian Universities, I Edition; C.V. Shekhar; Dominant Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2003.