Radiation Safety (Ballard)

by Jason S. Ballard

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The purpose of this OER is to provide students with a comprehensive textbook aligned with the NDT 130 (Radiographic Testing) course as taught at Linn-Benton Community College.

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Publisher
Linn-Benton Community College
Subjects
Medicine, Allied Health
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. About This Book
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1: History of Radiation Safety
  9. 1.1: Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
  10. 1.2: Antoine Henri Becquerel
  11. 1.3: Radiation History in the U.S.
  12. 1.4: ALARA Article Reviews
  13. 1.5: Sneak Preview Note & Worksheet
  14. 1.6: Unit #1 Glossary of Terms
  15. 1.7: Marie and Pierre Curie
  16. 2: Ionizing Radiation and Units of Measurement
  17. 2.1: Ionization Defined
  18. 2.2: ALARA
  19. 2.3: Time, Distance, and Shielding
  20. 2.4: Radiation Units
  21. 2.5: Article Review #1
  22. 2.6: Article Review #2; Why so many units?
  23. 2.7: Flash Cards
  24. 2.8: Unit #2 Glossary of Terms
  25. 3: Basic Atomic Theory and Science
  26. 3.1: Science of Gamma Radiography
  27. 3.2: Inverse Square Law
  28. 3.3: Worksheet
  29. 3.4: Unit #3 Glossary of Terms
  30. 4: Radiation Types and Midterm Review
  31. 4.1: Review Quiz #2
  32. 4.2: Math Review Worksheet
  33. 4.3: Unit #4 Glossary of Terms
  34. 5: Activity, Half Life, and Half Value Layers
  35. 5.1: Radiation Safety Review Worksheet
  36. 5.2: Activity, Half Life & Half-Value Layers
  37. 5.3: Glossary of Terms
  38. 6: X-ray
  39. 6.1: X-ray Tube and Process
  40. 6.2: Review Worksheet
  41. 6.3: Quiz
  42. 6.4: Glossary
  43. 7: Biological Effects
  44. 7.1: Effects of Radiation
  45. 7.2: Week 7 Glossary of Terms
  46. 8: More Biological Effects of Radiation
  47. 8.1: More Effects of Radiation
  48. 8.2: NRC Research Assignment
  49. 8.3: Glossary
  50. 8.4: Quiz
  51. 9: Caution Signage and Detection Devices
  52. 9.1: Caution Signage and Labels
  53. 9.2: Monitoring and Detection Devices
  54. 9.3: Glossary
  55. Back Matter
  56. Index
  57. Glossary
  58. Detailed Licensing
  59. Appendix