Characterization of Radioactivity in the Environment

"Ionizing radiation is produced as the result of the decay of an unstable nucleus. The standard measure of radioactivity is quantified according to the rate of disintegration of the unstable nucleus. This method of quantification does not incorporate the total amount of ionizing radiation that...

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Main Author: Borrelli, Robert Angelo
Other Authors: James C. O'Shaughnessy, Advisor
Format: Others
Published: Digital WPI 1999
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1085
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2084&context=etd-theses