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Overview
Deals with radiation processing as a whole using a chemical perspective. Offers basic information on the procedures taking place and covers radiation dosimetry plus a wide range of actual and potential applications. Provides excellent coverage of radiation processing literature with bibliographies pertaining to key areas of radiation chemistry.
Synopsis
Deals with radiation processing as a whole using a chemical perspective. Offers basic information on the procedures taking place and covers radiation dosimetry plus a wide range of actual and potential applications. Provides excellent coverage of radiation processing literature with bibliographies pertaining to key areas of radiation chemistry.
Booknews
An examination of the entire field of radiation processing--its history, the current state of technology, level of use, controversial applications, and promising developments--that places as much emphasis on the chemical changes and principles that produce the observable results as it places on the techniques in question. Full chapters are devoted to the processing of polymers and the sterilization of medical disposables, two applications currently in use worldwide. There is also an extensive discussion of the controversial subject of radiation treatment of food, including tables of foods approved for irradiation, and a section on identification of irradiated foods. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)