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Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES HANDOUTS
1 Course Introduction/Radiation History
Fundamentals of the Atom
(PDF) (PDF)
2 Nuclear Binding Energy
Radioactive Decay: Alpha
(PDF)
3 Radioactive Decay: Beta/Gamma/Decay Schemes (PDF)
4 Activity and Exponential Decay (PDF)
5 Radioactive Dating (PDF)
6 Radiation Interactions I: Heavy Charged Particles (PDF)
7 Radiation Interactions II: Light Charged Particles (PDF)
8 Radiation Interactions III: Photons (PDF)
9 Radiation Interactions IV: Neutrons (PDF)
10 Radiation Chemistry
Charged Particle Tracks
(PDF)
11 Absorbed Dose/Radiation Units (PDF)
12 Linear Energy Transfer (PDF)
13 Biological Effects/Cell Survival Curves (PDF)
14 Background Radiation I
Background Radiation II
(PDF)
15 Radon (PDF)
16 Space I (PDF) (PDF)
17 Space II (PDF) (PDF)
18 Biological Effects: High Doses & Low Doses
Risk Perception/Class Discussion
(PDF)
19 Hormesis (PDF)
20 Medical Imaging I
Medical Imaging II
(PDF)
21 Radiation Therapy I
Radiation Therapy II
(PDF)
22 Body Composition
23 Well Logging