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Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry
To learn about nuclear chemistry and to equip students for future career in nuclear industry.
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.
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.
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.
Interaction of radiation with matter, radiolysis of water, chemical and biological effect of radiation, units for measuring radiation absorption.
Pre requisite: Radioisotopes
Tracer method, isotope dilution analysis, activation analysis, diffusion studies, structure determination, reaction mechanism, radio pharmaceuticals, dating techniques, neutron activation analysis.
- 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.
