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Effects of Ionizing Radiations

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Part of the book series: Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry / Gmelin Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie ((1053,volume T-h / A-E / A / 4))

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This chapter covers the effects of ionizing radiations on the chemical and physicochemical properties of thorium and its compounds. The effects of self-irradiation, i.e., irradiation originating in the material itself, in 232Th, the only isotope available in macroscopic amounts, are necessarily limited since 232Th emits only 2.9 α particles per mg · s, or 17.2 α particles per mg · s when allowed to come to equilibrium with all its decay products: this low specific activity is usually not sufficient to yield observable physicochemical consequences unless one deals with geological time spans. However, we have at hand a number of observations on self-irradiation of samples containing homogeneously distributed quantities of added short-lived isotopes of thorium or of other α emitters. The effects of self-irradiation, of charged particle irradiation from extraneous emitters or from accelerated ions, and of X- and γ radiations are considered together, rather than in separate sections as interpretations of the observed phenomena are often interrelated.

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    Cornelius Keller (Supervising Scientific Coordinator for the Thorium Supplement Volumes) (Supervising Scientific Coordinator for the Thorium Supplement Volumes)

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Fuger, J. (1989). Effects of Ionizing Radiations. In: Keim, R., Keller, C. (eds) Th Thorium. Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry / Gmelin Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie, vol T-h / A-E / A / 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07410-7_4

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