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Nuclear And Radiochemistry
"In 1949 we prepared Introduction to Radiochemistry na ""a text- book for an introductory course in the broad field of radiochemistry, at the graduate or senior undergraduate level, taking into account the degree of previous preparation in physics ordinarily possessed by chemistry students at that level.""
The title of this new book reflects some changes in our thinking about terminology. In 1949 we wrote: "". to our minds nuclear chemistry emphasizes the reactions of nuclei and the properties of resulting nuclear species, just as organic chemistry is concerned with reactions and properties of organic compounds We think of tracer chemistry as the field of chemical studies made with the use of iso- topic tracers, ineluding studies of the essentially pure tracers at ex- tremely low concentrations. In the title of this book we have meant the term radiochemistry to include all the fields just described Discussions with a number of chemists working in these fields have led us to adopt a somewhat narrower meaning for ""radiochemistry,"" a meaning not including nuclear chemistry but including chemical manipulations of radioactive sourees and much of tracer chemistry. In this connection it may be noted that isotopie tracer techniques have become standard parts of well-established and diverse fields such as inorganic chemistry and archeology; radiochemistry will con- tinue to inelude new applications of nuclear science to chemistry and to introduce advances in borderline fields. Nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry interact strongly with each other, and indeed are so interdependent that their discussion together is almost necessary in an introductory textbook."
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