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Understand every important aspect of health physics with this complete overview of the field
If it’s an important topic in the field of health physics, you will find expert, well-written discussion of it in this trusted text. Introduction to Health Physics, Fifth Edition spans the entire scope of the field and offers an effective problem-solving approach that once mastered will serve you throughout your career. Logically divided into fourteen sections, beginning with a review of physical principles, coverage includes radiation sources, radiation dosimetry, radiation safety guidelines, evaluation of safety measures, and more.
The Fifth Edition has been updated to reflect the many changes in the practice of ionizing and nonionizing radiation safety, in calculation methodology, and in the methods for demonstrating compliance with the safety standards that have occurred since publication of the previous edition.
Learning and teaching aids include more than 470 Homework Problems and 175 Example Problems. The text concludes with seven valuable appendices, including Values of Some Useful Constants, Table of the Elements, and The Reference Person Overall Specifications.
There truly is no better way to master the essentials of the dynamic field of health physics than Introduction to Health Physics, Fifth Edition.
Author(s): Thomas E. Johnson
Edition: 5
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 996
Tags: Health Physics
Contents
Preface/xi
1. INTRODUCTION/1
2. REVIEW OF PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES/3
Mechanics/3
Relativistic Effects Review/7
Electricity/12
Energy Transfer/26
Quantum Theory/43
Summary/50
Problems/52
Suggested Readings/56
3. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR STRUCTURE/57
Atomic Structure/57
The Nucleus/70
Summary/77
Problems/77
Suggested Readings/79
4. RADIATION SOURCES/81
Radioactivity/81
Transformation Mechanisms/81
Transformation Kinetics/95
Activity/101
Naturally Occurring Radiation/107
Serial Transformation/117
Summary/133
Problems/135
Suggested Readings/139viii CHAPTER 2
5. INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER/141
Beta Particles (Beta Rays)/141
Alpha Particles/159
Gamma Rays/165
Neutrons/181
Summary/196
Problems/197
Suggested Readings/203
6. RADIATION DOSIMETRY/205
Units/205
External Exposure/207
Internally Deposited Radionuclides/236
External Exposure: Neutrons/270
Summary/275
Problems/276
Suggested Readings/281
7. BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR RADIATION SAFETY/285
Dose–Response Characteristics/286
The Physiological Basis for Internal Dosimetry/291
Radiation Effects: Deterministic/312
Radiation Effects: Stochastic/321
Radiation-Weighted Dose Units: The Sievert and The Rem/337
Summary/338
Problems/339
Suggested Readings/340
8. RADIATION SAFETY GUIDES/345
Organizations That Set Standards/345
Philosophy of Radiation Safety/350
ICRP Basic Radiation Safety Criteria/354
United States Nuclear Regulatory Program/423
Ecological Radiation Safety/437
Summary/440
Problems/440
Suggested Readings/442
9. HEALTH PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION/447
Radiation Detectors/447
Particle-Counting Instruments/448
Dose-Measuring Instruments//467
Neutron Measurements/485
ONTENTSREVIEW OF PHYSICAL PCONTENTS RINCIPLES ix
Calibration/498
Counting Statistics/506
Summary/528
Problems/528
Suggested Readings/533
10. EXTERNAL RADIATION SAFETY/535
Basic Principles/535
Optimization/597
Summary/600
Problems/601
Suggested Readings/604
11. INTERNAL RADIATION SAFETY/607
Internal Radiation/607
Principles of Control/608
Surface Contamination Limits/616
Waste Management/617
Assessment of Hazard/643
Optimization/652
Summary/655
Problems/656
Suggested Readings/659
12. CRITICALITY/663
Criticality Hazard/663
Nuclear Fission/663
Criticality/669
Nuclear Reactor/675
Criticality Control/679
Summary/686
Problems/686
Suggested Readings/688
13. EVALUATION OF RADIATION SAFETY MEASURES/691
Medical Surveillance/691
Estimation of Internally Deposited Radioactivity/692
Individual Monitoring/706
Radiation and Contamination Surveys/706
Air Sampling/711
Continuous Environmental Monitoring/733
Combined Exposures/733
Source Control/735Summary/736
Problems/736
Suggested Readings/743
14. NONIONIZING RADIATION SAFETY/747
Units/748
UV Light/749
Lasers/754
Radiofrequency Radiation and Microwaves/785
Principles of Radiation Safety/817
Summary/820
Problems/821
Suggested Readings/826
Answers to Problems/829
Appendix A Values of Some Useful Constants/835
Appendix B Table of the Elements/837
Appendix C The Reference Person Overall Specifications/841
Appendix D Specific Absorbed Fraction of Photon Energy/851
Appendix E Total Mass Attenuation Coefficient, μ/ρ, cm2/g/887
Appendix F Mass Energy Absorption Coefficient, μa/ρ, cm2/g/895
Appendix G Mass Stopping Power in Units of cm2/g for Monoenergetic Electrons/903
Index/90
