ISBN: 978-81-8487-259-0 
Publication Year:   2013
Pages:   270
Binding:   Hard Back

SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS discusses radiation and environments, radon-thoron monitoring in building materials, soil samples, drinking water, plants and neutron flux monitoring alongwith simulation of radiation damage, ion irradiation of materials and its characterizations by means of different techniques such as positron annihilation spectroscopy etc., Fabrication routes to nanotechnology, I-V characteristics of Cu-nanowires, V-VI binary and their pseudo binary, SHI effect on dilute Fe doped alloy, track etch parameters, electrical and dielectric properties of different materials viz. polymeric blends, BFN, nano composites and hexaferrites. The book also discusses Phosphors for radiation dosimetry and thermo luminescence (TL) of natural salt, salt crystals from pickles, photoluminescence and TL of Eu doped phosphors, Ce doped calcium ortho silicate, Nd doped magnesium ortho silicate, minerals etc.

Preface / Natural Radioactivity: Overview Radiation, People and the Environment: Indian Scenario / Study of the Factors Affecting Radon Diffusion through Building Materials / Study on Population Dose in Some Mines of Karnataka State / Measurement of Indoor Radon, Thoron, and their Progeny Levels in the Oil-field and Coal –field Areas of Assam / Study of Radon Concentrations in Relation with the Radioactivity Content of Building Materials in Aizawl District, Mizoram, India / Study of Radon Flux from Soil Surface in Middle Part of Mizoram, India / Monitoring of radon, thoron and their progeny in dwellings of Haryana / Radon- thoron Monitoring in and Around Some Industrial Units using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors / Low-Level Radiation Exposure From Building Materials of Crushing Zone in Shivalik Foothills / Estimation of Inhalation and Ingestion Dose Due to Radon Concentration in Various Packaged Drinking Water / Estimation of Alpha Radioactivity in Plants Grown using Fertilizers / Estimation of Radium and Radon Concentration in Drinking Water in and around Tumkur, Karnataka, India / Natural Radioactivity in Building Materials and Phosphate Fertilizer / Study of Fast Neutron Moderation and Shielding Properties of Water and Boron Assembly / Preliminary Results of Radon Levels at Bangalore University, Bangalore / Dose Rate Measurements of Neutrons using Solid State Detector in Primary Coolant Systems of a Research Reactor / Radon Reduction Factor: A New Approach for Mitigation / Study on Radon and Thoron Levels in Different Types of Granitic Work Industries around Tumkur City / Inhalation Dose Due to Indoor Radon and Thoron Around BARC Campus, Visakhapatnam: A Background Study / Ion Irradiation and Materials Science: Simulation of Radiation Damage and Change in Physical Characteristics / Bulk Structural Changes in Solids due to Particle Irradiation and their Studies using Positrons / Our Fabrication Routes to Nanotechnology / Modification of Polymer Blends by Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation / Effect of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation on Dielectric and Thermal Properties of Polyether Sulphone / Study of Depth-dose Distribution for Fe26+ ions at 1, 2, 5 and 10 GeV/n in Polyethylene and its Fragmentation using GEANT4 / Study of Li3+ Ion Beam Induced Variations in I-V Characteristics of Cu Nanowires / Morphological Study of Zn Nanostructures Synthesized using Track Etched Membranes / Effect of 100MeV Oxygen Swift Heavy Ion Beam on Dilute Fe Doped GeSb Alloy Thin Films / Effect of UV- radiation on Track Etch Parameters of CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors / High Energy Electron Beam Induced Effects in Polymer Composite for Radiation Shields / Strong Intermittent Behavior in the Emision Spectra of 24Mg-Em Interactionsat 4.5 AGeV / Assessment of Neutron flux profile around 14 MeV Neutron Generator Facility using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors / SHI Induced Enrichment of the Electrical Properties in BFN Films / Dispersion Curves of a W-type Plasma Loaded Optical Fiber Waveguide / A Comparative Study of Sickle Cell Diseased and Trait Blood Cells using Spectroscopic Techniques / Thermodynamic Functions of 2,3,5- Tri-iodo Benzoic Acid (TIBA) / Dielectric Properties of PVA-PEO Polymer Blend Films / Conductivity Studies in Blended Plasticized PEO-PMMA Nano-Composite Electrolyte System / Room Temperature I-V Characteristics of Al/Sn/Ag/- In0.1Bi1.9Te3 Thin Films / Effect of Al2O3 on Conductivity of PEO based Nano Composite Polymer Electrolytes / Structural and Dielectric Properties of Sr-Cu Hexaferrites / Thermo Luminescence: Thermoluminescence (TL) Response of Natural Salt by Various Heating Rate (VHR) Method for Dosimetry Applications / Thermo luminescence Dosimetric Characteristics of Beta Irradiated Common Salt / Thermoluminescence DosimetryChracteristics of Salt Crystals from Indian Pickles / Thermally Stimulated Luminescence and Photoluminescence Studies of Eu Doped SrBPO5 / Synthesis and Thermoluminescence Dosimetric Characteristics of Ca2SiO4: Ce / Thermoluminescence Dosimetric Characteristics of Industrially Important Minerals and Materials / Luminescence Characteristics of Mg2SiO4: Nd / Thermoluminescence Study of LAG Phosphor Doped with Ce4+, Eu3+ / TL Dosimetric Studies of CaO: CdO [Zn] / Thermally Stimulated Luminescence Dosimetric Characteristics and EPR Studies of BAM:Eu Phosphor / TL Dosimetric Properties BAM:EU / Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Study of Natural Minerals Used in Ceramic Tiles / Contribution of 210°C and 375°C TL Peak in Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimetry of Synthetic Quartz / Committies / Author Index.