Radioactivity in the Environment
Subtitle: Physicochemical aspects and applications
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: October 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 694
ISBN-13: 9780444829542
Subjects: Environmental impact of radiation; Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry & radiation; Technology; Radioactive pollution; Environmental Monitoring; Radioactive Pollutants (Environmental Aspects); Consumer Health; Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Science/Mathematics; Radioactivity; Chemistry - Analytic; Safety; Science / Chemistry / Analytic; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Measurement
First sentence: Radioactivity is a part of nature-in the process of element formation by nuclear reactions taking place in stars, both stable and radioactive isotopes of elements are formed.