SUBJECT

Applications of Nuclear Chemistry

lecture

Master

Faculty of Science

Chemistry MSc

2

Semesters 1-4

Autumn/Spring semester

Review of the basiscs of nuclear chemistry. Nuclear methods in chemical analysis: conventional and prompt gamma neutron activation analysis, gamma spectroscopy, alpha and beta backscattering, XRF, PIXE. Nuclear methods in structural research: Mössbauer-spectroscopy, positron annihilation spectroscopy. Electron spectroscopies. Radiation chemistry. Hot-atom chemistry. Application of radioisotopes in industry. Stable isotopes in nature, application, isotope enrichment methods. Nuclear reactors and energy production. Applications in biochemistry, biology and medicine. Radiation protection.

Compulsory:

• Attila Vértes, István Kiss: Nuclear Chemistry, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1987

Suggested:

• Attila Vértes, Sándor Nagy, Zoltán Klencsár: Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry, Kluwer, Amsterdam, 2003 

• Joseph Magill, Jean Galy: Radioactivity, Radionuclides, Radiation, Springer, Berlin, 2005 

• G. Choppin, J. O. Liljenzin, J. Rydberg: Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002