Title: Radionuclide Decay, Radioactivity Units, and Radionuclide Mass
Abstract: This chapter describes radionuclide decay, radionuclide mass, and radioactivity units. Among the topics covered in this chapter are the definition and measurement of radionuclide half-life and the derivation and application of the equations defining radionuclide decay and half-life. These equations include the decay of a radionuclide to a stable daughter nuclide and the decay of radionuclides to unstable daughter nuclides. The following parent–daughter decay relationships are reviewed: secular equilibrium, transient equilibrium, and the case of no equilibrium. More complex decay schemes are described involving decay chains and branching radionuclide decay. The chapter concludes with a definition of the units used to define the intensity of radioactivity including the becquerel and the curie; and the correlation of radioactivity and radionuclide mass is calculated.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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