~2II,
Background Information - Radioactivity and Radiation (oral, insert if
desired, bibliography if desired)
A.
The nature of radioactivity and radiation
B,
Mass, energy, and radiation
C.
Quantum and corpuscular radiation
D.
1.
Energy relationships, the radiation field, definition of
roentgen
2.
Fundamental particles
Reactions of radiation with matter
1.
2.
Ionization and energy transfer
a,
Definitions, quantitative relationships
b.
Specific ionization
c.
Chemical and physical changes
Penetration, absorption, attenuation, etc. of radiation
a.
E.
F,
3.
Induced radioactivity
4.
Secondary radiations
The phenomenon of radioactive decay
l.
Modes of decay, decay chains, etc,
2.
Definitions: half-life, average life, decay constant,
curie, relation between mass, half-life, and curie for
different isotopes
Neutron radiation
1.
G.
Definitions, quantitative relationships
Special characteristics
Neutron fission and fission chain reactions
JCAE
1.
Fission, number of neutrons released, energy spectrum,
prompt and delayed neutrons, fraction of total
2.
Fission energy release, its nature and distribution by
type (radiant, kinetic, potential, etc.), primary and
secondary fission energy
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