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

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n–p junction, 445<br />

Nuclear bombings in Japan, leukemia incidence rate,<br />

321–23<br />

Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), 340–41<br />

Nuclear energy levels, 79<br />

Nuclear fission, 639–45<br />

Nuclear force, 73–74<br />

Nuclear reac<strong>to</strong>r, 181–82, 651–58<br />

Nuclear safety, control methods, 658–61<br />

Nuclear spectrometers, 440<br />

Nuclear spectroscopy, 440–42<br />

Nuclear stability, 80–81, 80f<br />

Nucleons, 79<br />

Nucleus, 59, 73<br />

Null hypothesis, 494<br />

O<br />

Occupancy fac<strong>to</strong>r, (T), 530t, 533<br />

Occupational Safety and <strong>Health</strong> Administration<br />

(OSHA), 708<br />

Odd-odd nuclei, 79<br />

Oersted, Christian, 33<br />

Oklo reac<strong>to</strong>r, 109<br />

One-over-v law, 190<br />

Oocytes, 304<br />

Optical density (OD), 750–56<br />

Optical microscopes, 47<br />

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeters,<br />

458–59<br />

Optically stimulated luminescence, 458–59<br />

Optimization, 571–73<br />

control of airborne contaminants, 627–30<br />

of counting time, 500–1<br />

radiation protection efforts, 571–75<br />

Optimum eyewear, 752<br />

Optimum goggle, 752<br />

Optimum ventilation rate, 628–29<br />

Orbital electron capture/electron capture/K capture,<br />

95–96<br />

Organ of Corti, 307<br />

Organ systems, 289–307<br />

OSHA regulations (29 CFR, 1926.54),<br />

740–41<br />

Osmotic pressure of the solution, 287<br />

Osteoblasts, 297<br />

Osteogenic tissue, 297<br />

Outer ear, 306<br />

Outermost electron shell, 69<br />

Overexposure <strong>to</strong> radiocesium, 315<br />

Oxy<strong>to</strong>cin, 302<br />

P<br />

Pair production, 173–74<br />

Patient workload values, 532<br />

Parasympathetic nervous systems, 300<br />

Parathyroids, 303<br />

Particle<br />

aerodynamic properties, 359–61<br />

absorbed fraction for beta particles, 391t<br />

counting instruments, 428–47<br />

deposition in respira<strong>to</strong>ry tract, 363f, 367f<br />

DAC adjustments based on size, 412–413<br />

dissolution, 381–82<br />

Index 869<br />

flux measuring instrument, 448<br />

ICRP 30 deposition, 366f, 367f, 368f<br />

ICRP 66 compartmental distribution of activity, 387t<br />

ICRP 66 compartment residence times, 388t<br />

ICRP 66 deposition in lungs, 379f, 379t, 380f<br />

ICRP 66 fraction <strong>to</strong> each compartment, 380t<br />

ICRP 66 model, 383f<br />

kinetics, 358–62<br />

size distribution, 357–58<br />

sizing, 695–99<br />

thermodynamic properties, 361–62<br />

Particulate radioactivity in the lungs, 326<br />

Pauli exclusion principle, 68<br />

Penetration depth in the absorber, 773<br />

Perilymph, 307<br />

Periodic table of the elements, 68–71, 70f–71f<br />

Periosteum, 297<br />

Peristalsis, 294–95<br />

of the walls of the GI tract, 286<br />

Peristaltic contractions, 295, 296<br />

Permeability (μ), 34–38<br />

free space, 34<br />

membrane, 286, 287<br />

neuron wall, 301<br />

radiofrequency shielding, 792t<br />

tissue, 775, 776, 777<br />

Permissible exposure limit (PEL), 693<br />

Permittivity, 14<br />

free space, 37, 38<br />

medium, 37<br />

tissue, 775<br />

PET suite, 554–56<br />

Phagocy<strong>to</strong>sis, 364<br />

Phosphate-rich soil, 111<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>electric<br />

absorption, 178<br />

detec<strong>to</strong>rs, 757<br />

devices, 756–58<br />

effect, 66, 97–98, 178<br />

internal conversion, 97–98<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>metric system of units, 722<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>n, 45<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>neutron<br />

production, 557, 564<br />

sources, 184f<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>nuclear reactions (pho<strong>to</strong>disintegration), 179–80<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>peak, 442<br />

Pituitary gland, 301–2<br />

Planck, Max, 61<br />

Planck’s constant (h), 44<br />

Planck’s quantum theory, 44–51. see also Bohr’s a<strong>to</strong>mic<br />

model<br />

Plasma, 290<br />

Platelets, 290<br />

Plexiglas, 145–48<br />

Pocket dosimeters, 449–50<br />

Point charges, 24<br />

Point mutation, 316–17<br />

Point source, 514–16<br />

approaching, 515<br />

Poisson distribution, 489–91<br />

Positive-displacement pumps, 686<br />

Positron, 93–95

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