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Practical Gamma-ray Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-86196-7
Hardcover
408 pages
June 2008
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Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Internet resource within the Book.

1. Radioactive Decay and the Origin of Gamma and X-Radiation.

2. Interactions of Gamma Radiation with Matter.

3. Semiconductor Detectors for Gamma-Ray Spectrometry.

4. Electronics for Gamma-ay Spectrometry.

5. Statistics of Counting.

6. Resolution: Origins and Control.

7. Spectrometer Calibration.

8. True Coincidence Summing.

9. Computer Analysis of Gamma-Ray Spectra.

10. Scintillation Spectrometry.

11. Choosing and Setting up a Detector, and Checking its Specifications.

12. Troubleshooting.

13. Low Count Rate Systems.

14. High Count Rate Systems.

15. Ensuring Quality in Gamma-Ray Spectrometry.

16. Gamma Spectrometry of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM).

17. Applications.

Appendix A. Sources of Information.

Appendix B. Gamma-and X-Ray Standards fro Detector Calibration.

Appendix C. X-Rays Routinely Found in Gamma Spectra.

Appendix D. Gamma-Ray Energies in the Detector Background and the Environment.

Appendix E. Chemical Names, Symbols and Relative Atomic Masses of the Elements.

Glossary.

Index.

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