RDCH 702 Radiochemistry

RDCH 702: Radiochemistry

RDCM 702 Radiochemistry

Instructors: Associate Professor Ken Czerwinski, Associate Professor Patricia Paviet-Hartmann
Czerwinski: Office: HRC 245; E-Mail: czerwin2@unlv.nevada.edu, phone 702-895-0501

Paviet-Hartmann: Office HRC 403, E-mail: Patricia.Paviet-Hartmann@unlv.edu, phone 702-895-5488

http://radchem.nevada.edu/rdch702
Monday, Wednesday 10:00-11:15, 4th floor conference room HRC
Fall 2008

Homework (25 %)
Exam (30 % each) (Exam 1, based on question, Exam 2, based on literature)
Classroom Participation (15 %)

TEXTBOOK

Modern Nuclear Chemistry and Chart of the Nuclides. Lectures will be supplemented with publications and other reading from textbooks

This course introduces fundamental chemical properties in radiation and radiochemistry. The use of stability constants and the relationship between speciation, kinetics and thermodynamics is presented. The influence of radiolysis on the chemistry of radioisotopes is discussed. Radioisotope production and use are presented. Fundamentals of radiochemical separations are explained. The role of radiochemistry in research is discussed, including recent efforts in radiochemistry research.

•Outcomes for RDCH 702 are:

	§Understand chemical properties in radiation and radiochemistry
	§Use and application of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics to evaluate radionuclide speciation
	§Understand the influence of radiolysis on the chemistry of radioisotopes
	§Understand and evaluate radioisotope production
	§Evaluate and compare radiochemical separations
	§Utilization of radioisotope nuclear properties in evaluating chemical behavior
	§Use and explain the application of radionuclides in research
	§Discuss and understand ongoing radiochemistry research

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last update: Thursday, 16 October 2008