This collection of twenty articles reviews the interaction between matter and high energy radiation (from electrons, other charged particles, xrays, and gammarays). It also provides a detailed, scholarly account of the status of current research. The first section of the book covers the principles and concepts that lie behind radiant energy deposition in chemical systems, considers the physics and physico-chemical consequences of radiation-matter interaction, and describes the instrumentation employed for quantitative studies. Subsequent sections discuss areas that are of fundamental importance such as theoretical approaches to energy deposition, track structure, and electron solvation. The final chapters recount aspects of radiation interaction with synthetic macromolecules, biopolymers, microorganisms and mammalian cells, concluding with a contribution on radiation processing and sterilization of biological materials.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 160 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-527-26197-0 (9783527261970)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter; Primary Products in Radiation Chemistry; Instrumentation for Measurement of Transient Behavior in Radiation Chemistry; Kinetics in Radiation Chemistry; Theoretical Aspects of Radiation Chemistry; Track Models and Radiation Chemical Yields; The Electron: Its Properties and Reactions; Theories of the Solvated Electron; The Radiation Chemistry of Gases; Radiation Chemistry of the Liquid State: I. Water and Homogeneous Aqueous Solutions; Radiation Chemistry of the Liquid State: II. Organic Liquids; Radiation Chemistry of Colloidal Aggregates; The Radiation Chemistry of Organic Solids; Radiation Chemistry of the Alkali Halides; Radiation Chemistry of Polymers; Radiation Chemistry of Biopolymers; Application of Radiation Chemistry to Studies in the Radiation Biology of Microorganisms; The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Mammalian Cells; Some Applications of Radiation Chemistry to Biochemistry and Radiobiology; Radiation Processing and Sterilization.
