Title: Radiation and radioactivity on earth and beyond /
Authors: Draganić, Ivan G.; Draganić, Zorica D.; Adloff, J. P.
Publisher: CRC Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Ionizing radiation.; Radioactivity; Earth sciences; Astrophysics
Contents: Ch. 1. A Story that Covers Almost a Century -- The Penetrating Invisible Radiation -- Radioactivity and the Curies -- The Nature of Radioactivity, Rutherford and Soddy -- Fitting Radioelements and Isotopes into Mendeleev's Periodic Table -- Radioactivity and Physics -- Artificial Radioactivity and the Joliot-Curie Team -- Uranium Fission -- The Consequences of Uranium Fission: Nuclear Power -- Completion and Extension of the Periodic Table of the Elements -- Omnipresence of Radioactivity and Some Implications -- Uses and Misuses of Radioelements and Radiations -- Radiation Protection Regulations -- Nuclear Power for Electricity -- Nuclear Weapons -- Ch. 2. Radioactivity and Matter -- A Primer of Radioactivity -- Atomic Structure -- Nuclear Structure -- Unstable Nuclei and Radioactivity -- Radioactive Clocks -- Isotopic Anomalies and Extinct Radionuclides -- Radiogenic Heat -- Ch. 3. Ionizing Radiation -- Nature and Energies -- Physical Action -- Chemical Action --^