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Objectives and competences

Objectives: To learn the basic properties and types of ionizing radiation, to learn about the detectors and methods of measuring ionizing radiation and to learn about the use of ionizing radiation in medicine and industry. Competences: acquires the ability to distinguish between different types of ionizing radiation, knows the measures for protection against ionizing radiation, knows in what ways the ionizing radiation can be used in medicine and industry and able to use simple ionizing radiation detectors such as. Geiger counter.

Content (Syllabus outline)

- Basic definitions (ionizing radiation, flux, spectrum) - Basics of the detection of ionizing radiation; description of the most common types of instruments: • Ionization chambers • Gaseous ionization detectors • Geiger counters • scintillation counters - Spectrometry of ionizing radiation • Charged particle measurements • Neutral particle measurements - Gamma spectroscopy • Determination of elemental composition by characteristic gamma-line emission analyses • Description of measurement techniques- - Applications in medicine - Industrial applications of nuclear techniques

Learning and teaching methods

During lectures, the student learns the theoretical fundamentals of the course. During auditor exercises students upgrades theoretical knoweledge by solving calculation tasks During laboratory exercise student gets aquainted with the ionization radiation detectors and learns to perform simple radiation measurements.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and understanding: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: • clasiffy different types of ionizing radiation • explain the differences, advantages and disadvantages of different types of ionizing radiation detectors and choose the most proper detector for a given measurement • describe how radiation affects the human body and how to protect from radiation • calculate how the activity and composition of radioactive substance changes over time from known decey times and initial composition of the substance • calculate how much energy is released or consumed in a given nuclear reaction from the nuclear reaction equation and nuclear mass formula • calculate the final energy of the accelerated particles from the known physical characteristics of the accelerator • use a Geiger counter for measurement of the speed of radioactive decay • predict an error in measuring the speed of radioactive decay • list the uses of ionizing radiation in industry and medicine

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Transferable/key compentences and other abilities: Calculation skills: - use the mass formula to estimate the mass of the nucleus - calculate basic quantities in case of nuclear reactions (composition after a certain time, energy released) - calculate the basic parameter of accelerators Laboratory skills: - use Geiger counters

Readings

1. G.F.Knoll, Radiation Detection And Measurement, J.Wiley and Sons, 2000 2. M.Koželj, R.Erman, R. Istenič, M. Černilogar Radež, Delo z viri sevanj, Ministrsstvo za okolje in prostor, Uprava RS za jedrsko varnost, Ljubljana, 2006 3. E.B.Podgorsak, Radiation Oncology physics: a handbook forteachers and students, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2005

Prerequisits

None

  • doc. dr. ANITA PRAPOTNIK BRDNIK, univ. dipl. fiz.

  • Calculation exam: 50
  • Theoretical exam: 40
  • Laboratory work: 10

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  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian

  • ENERGY TECHNOLOGY - 3rd