SUBJECT
Title
Radioactivity in our environment
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
- Overview of the occurance of radioactive isotopes in our environment
- The determiantion of the amount of the radioactive isotopes in environmental samples, the basics of gamma-spectroscopy, alfa- spectroscopy, liquid scintillation spectroscopy
- The description of radioactivity, time dependence, differential equations. Natural radioactive series.
- Radioactive equilibrium, uranium series, thorium series.
- The occurance of the members of the uranium series in specific geological environment, poential uranium bearing minerals, radium and uranium migration in geological processes Radon. Dositemry of radon, geological origin of radon, radon in indoor air, radon in caves, and in subsurface waters.
- Radondetectors. Radon diffusion. The radon, as a trace element.
Readings
- W.W. Nazaroff and A.V. Nero: Radon and Its Decay Products in Indoor Air, ISBN-13: 978-0471628101
- M. Eisenbud, T.F. Gesell: Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial & Military Sources, ISBN-13: 978-0122351549