The current version of our class notes/textbook is listed below chapter by chapter. We will be updating the notes somewhat throughout the quarter.
Lecture Notes:
Chapter 1 : Intro to basic ideas, Nuclear terminology
Chapter 2 : Statistics of Nuclear Decay
Chapter 3 : Types of Nuclear Decays
Chapter 4 : Detection of Radiation
Chapter 5 : Data Analysis, Calibration of Equipment
Chapter 6 : Attenuation of Radiation
Chapter 7 : Dosage and Natural Radiation
Chapter 8 : Applications in Biology
Dr. Eskandari's Notes 1
Cindy's Notes I
Cindy's Notes II
Laboratory Experiments:
Experiment 1 Introduction to Geiger
Counter, Statistics of Nuclear Decay
Experiment 2 Half life of Ba137m Experiment
Experiment 3 Calibration of MCA,
Spectrum 1 ,
Spectrum 2 ,
Spectrum 3 ,
Calibration Exp. program
Experiment 4 : Activity Measurement of Salt Sample,
mcafit2
Data:
bkrd1.Chn ,
salt1.Chn ,
bkrd2.Chn ,
salt2.Chn ,
bkrd3.Chn ,
salt3.Chn ,
bkrd4.Chn ,
salt4.Chn ,
bkrd5.Chn ,
salt5.Chn .
Experiment 5 : Attenuation of Radiation,
X-Ray attenuation program,
Linear Interpolator.
Experiment 6 : Natural Radiation,
Ge Detector
Data:
calibration data,
covina (4000 g),
oakhills (4305g),
oakhills with 112.7g of KCl,
dogfood,
bigbear (4660 g),
kcl1hr (3117 g),
background.
Experiment 7 : Liquid Scintillation Detector,
Liquid Scintillation Detector
Experiment 8 : Radioimmunoassay,
riacal ,
riaexp
Experiment 9 : Transport Assay,
tassay experiment,
Michaelis-Menten Fit
Programs Used in this course:
mcafit2,
Linear Interpolator,
Ge Detector,
Liquid Scintillator Detector,
riacal ,
riaexp,
transport assay
Also see our virtual radiation laboratory:
Vertual Radiation Lab
Appendices:
Appendix 1 : Review of Exponentials and Logarithms
Appendix 2 : Review of Graphing Basics
Appendix 3 : Tables