The Use of Radioactive Isotopes in the Life Sciences
Author: J. M. Chapman
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780045700110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. M. Chapman
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780045700110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1995-01-27
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0309176697
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Radioactive isotopes and enriched stable isotopes are used widely in medicine, agriculture, industry, and science, where their application allows us to perform many tasks more accurately, more simply, less expensively, and more quickly than would otherwise be possible. Indeed, in many casesâ€"for example, biological tracersâ€"there is no alternative. In a stellar example of "technology transfer" that began before the term was popular, the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors has supported the development and application of isotopes and their transfer to the private sector. The DOE is now at an important crossroads: Isotope production has suffered as support for DOE's laboratories has declined. In response to a DOE request, this book is an intensive examination of isotope production and availability, including the education and training of those who will be needed to sustain the flow of radioactive and stable materials from their sources to the laboratories and medical care facilities in which they are used. Chapters include an examination of enriched stable isotopes; reactor and accelerator-produced radionuclides; partnerships among industries, national laboratories, and universities; and national isotope policy.
Author: Angela N. H. Creager
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-10-02
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 022601794X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of Cold War anxiety, radioisotopes represented the government’s efforts to harness the power of the atom for peace—advancing medicine, domestic energy, and foreign relations. In Life Atomic, Angela N. H. Creager tells the story of how these radioisotopes, which were simultaneously scientific tools and political icons, transformed biomedicine and ecology. Government-produced radioisotopes provided physicians with new tools for diagnosis and therapy, specifically cancer therapy, and enabled biologists to trace molecular transformations. Yet the government’s attempt to present radioisotopes as marvelous dividends of the atomic age was undercut in the 1950s by the fallout debates, as scientists and citizens recognized the hazards of low-level radiation. Creager reveals that growing consciousness of the danger of radioactivity did not reduce the demand for radioisotopes at hospitals and laboratories, but it did change their popular representation from a therapeutic agent to an environmental poison. She then demonstrates how, by the late twentieth century, public fear of radioactivity overshadowed any appreciation of the positive consequences of the AEC’s provision of radioisotopes for research and medicine.
Author: Robert J. Slater
Publisher: Practical Approach Series
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780199638260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides an introduction to the use of radioactivity in the bioscience laboratory. The text covers general aspects of radioactivity, methods for the detection of radioactivity, radioisotope protocols used to study key cellular processes, and a summary of legislative requirements in the US and European Union. Guidance on safe handling and detailed recipes are provided.
Author: Nirmal Singh
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2011-10-21
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9533075104
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book Radioisotopes - Applications in Physical Sciences is divided into three sections namely: Radioisotopes and Some Physical Aspects, Radioisotopes in Environment and Radioisotopes in Power System Space Applications. Section I contains nine chapters on radioisotopes and production and their various applications in some physical and chemical processes. In Section II, ten chapters on the applications of radioisotopes in environment have been added. The interesting articles related to soil, water, environmental dosimetry/tracer and composition analyzer etc. are worth reading. Section III has three chapters on the use of radioisotopes in power systems which generate electrical power by converting heat released from the nuclear decay of radioactive isotopes. The system has to be flown in space for space exploration and radioisotopes can be a good alternative for heat-to-electrical energy conversion. The reader will very much benefit from the chapters presented in this section.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher:
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J.M. Chapman
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780045600113
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William R. Hendee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Structure of the atom. Radioactive decay. Interaction of particulate radiation. Interactions of X radiation and y radiation. Production of radioactive nuclides. Synthesis of labeled compounds. Radioactive pharmaceuticals. Gas-filled detectors. External scintillation detectors. Semiconductor radiation detectors. Nuclear counting systems. Scientillation spectrometry. Sample preparations for external counting. Sample preparation for liquid scintilation counting. Liquid scintillation counting. autoradiography and radiochromatography. Activation analysis. Statistics of radioactivity measurements. Quantitative measurement of radioactivity. Dynamic function studies. Scanning and whote-body counting. Radiation exposure and dose. Internal absorbed dose. Guidelines for radiation protection. Radiation safety.
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 126
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This bibliography contains a total of 959 selected references on the use of radioisotopes in biological research. These references were selected from the scientific literature published during the period 1958-1963. Author, isotope, and report number indexes are included.