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Introduction to Health Physics: Fourth Edition - Ruang Baca FMIPA UB

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862 Index<br />

ANSI Z136.1-2000, 737–40<br />

Antenna gain, 762–63<br />

Antenna aperture, 762, 765<br />

Anti-contamination clothing, See protective clothing<br />

Anti-neutrino, See neutrino<br />

Apop<strong>to</strong>sis, 283, 288<br />

Aqueous humor, 304, 305f<br />

Area (plane) source, 518–20<br />

Area moni<strong>to</strong>ring systems, 706<br />

Area moni<strong>to</strong>rs, 706<br />

Area source, See plane source<br />

Argon-41, 396<br />

As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), 346<br />

Atmospheric radioactivity, 686<br />

Atmospheric radiocarbon, 110<br />

Atmospheric stability, 607–12<br />

A<strong>to</strong>m<br />

definition, 81<br />

magnetic properties of, 67<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic attenuation coefficient/microscopic cross<br />

section, 167, 169<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), 279<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic Energy Acts of 1946 and 1954, 407–8<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic Energy Commission (AEC), 407–8<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic mass number, 81<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic mass unit, 75–76<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic masses, 75, 78<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic structure, 59–82<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic weight of an element, 75<br />

Atrium, 291<br />

Attenuation coefficient, 167,<br />

cross sections, 180–81<br />

Linear,168t<br />

Mass, 170f<br />

Total 181f<br />

Attributable risk, 319<br />

Auger electron, 73, 246f, 259f<br />

Average geometry fac<strong>to</strong>r for cylinders, 239,<br />

240t<br />

Average life, 102–3<br />

Average logarithmic energy decrement, 188<br />

Average power density, 43<br />

Azimuthal quantum number, 67–68<br />

B<br />

Ba-137m, 97<br />

Background dose rate, 128<br />

Background radiation, 128<br />

Ballistic thermopile, 759<br />

Bar magnet, 67<br />

Barretter, 780<br />

Bases, 316<br />

Basic physical quantities, 3<br />

Beam divergence, 733–34<br />

Beam of electrons, 47, 49–50<br />

Beamwidth, 762<br />

Becquerel (Bq), 103–5, 119<br />

BEIR (biological effects of ionizing radiation), 283<br />

BEIR V committee, 329<br />

BEIR VI, 325t<br />

BEIR VII report, 328, 318t, 329t, 330t<br />

Bell-shaped normal curve, 488<br />

Bergkrankheit (miner’s disease), 324<br />

Beta<br />

calibration source, 480<br />

dose, 454<br />

emission, 89–93<br />

emitting contaminant, 148<br />

particle, 89<br />

radiation, 90, 226–28<br />

rays, 143–60<br />

shielding, 565–68<br />

shields, 144, 155<br />

BF3 neutron detec<strong>to</strong>r, 468<br />

“Billiard-ball” type collision, 187–88<br />

Biological effects of light, 734–36<br />

Bioassay, 667–81. see also CEDE<br />

Binding energy per nucleon, 76–78<br />

Binomial distribution, 487<br />

“Birdcage,” 661<br />

Birth defects (tera<strong>to</strong>genesis), 313<br />

Blood cells, 290<br />

Blood flow in heart, 291<br />

Bohr a<strong>to</strong>m, modification of, 66–68<br />

Bohr’s a<strong>to</strong>mic model, 61–64. see also Planck’s<br />

Quantum theory<br />

Bolometer, 759<br />

Bone, 297<br />

Bone cancer, 323–24<br />

Bone-seeking rare-earth fission products, 324<br />

Boron-10, Cross section, 468<br />

Bowman’s capsule, 299–300<br />

Bragg peak, 164<br />

Bragg-Gray principle, 218–21<br />

Brain, 300<br />

Breathing, 294<br />

Breathing frequency (fR), 294<br />

Bremsstrahlung, 61, 93, 154–56<br />

X-rays, 155<br />

British system of units, 3<br />

Bronchi, 291<br />

Brownian motion, 361–62<br />

Bubble detec<strong>to</strong>r, 475–76<br />

Buildup fac<strong>to</strong>r, 523, 525f<br />

Bulk flow, 286<br />

Bulk transport, 286<br />

C<br />

14 C, 110<br />

Cadmium ratio, 483<br />

Calibration measurements, 477–85<br />

Californium-252, 182<br />

CAM, continuous air moni<strong>to</strong>r, 715<br />

Cancer, 317–21<br />

A<strong>to</strong>mic bomb survivor mortality, 330t<br />

BEIR VI risk estimate, 325t<br />

BEIR VII risk estimate, 319t, 329t<br />

Cancer in a<strong>to</strong>mic bomb survivors, 318t<br />

Detriment probability, 327t<br />

risk estimates, 328–29<br />

probability of causation, 320–21<br />

Capaci<strong>to</strong>r-type pocket dosimeter, 451<br />

Capillaries, 289–90<br />

Cardiac angiography, 534–45<br />

Cardiac muscle, 297<br />

Cataracts, 312

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