GBTU / MTU Syllabus of NUCLEAR SCIENCE [Effective from the session : 2012-13]

EOE-036/EOE-046 :    NUCLEAR  SCIENCE

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UNIT-I

Nucleus and Its Basic Features:

Nuclear structure; nuclear forces and their properties, nuclear stability, nuclear radius and its

meassurement, nuclear spin, nuclear magnetic and electrical moments

UNIT-II

Nuclear Models:

Single particle model,  liquid drop model and semi-emperical mass formula, nuclear potential

and  shell model,  collective model.

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UNIT-III

Nuclear Reaction:

Nuclear reaction and laws of conservation, types of nuclear reaction, mechanism of nuclear

reaction, nuclear fission & binuclear fusion and their explanation by liquid drop model.

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UNIT-IV

Nuclear Decay:

Decay constant, half life period and mean life, alpha decay, beta decay, gamma decay, interaction

of nuclear radiation with matter.

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Nuclear Instruments-I

Mass spectrograph,: General principle, Aston’s Mass Spectrograph.

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UNIT-V

Nuclear Instruments-II

Accelerators:

Van de Graph Generator, Cyclotron, Synchrotron.

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Detectors:

G M Counter, Scintillation counter, cloud chamber, Bubble Chamber, production and

detection of neutrons and Gamma-photon.

Application of Nuclear Techniques

: Nuclear magnetic resonance, positron emission

topography, radiotracer techniques and applications in material science and agriculture.

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Text Books:

1.  Tayal, “Nuclear Physics” Himalaya Publishing House.

2.  S.N. Ghosal, “Nuclear Physics” S. Chand & Co.

3.  S. B. Patel, “Nuclear Physics: An Introduction New Age International.

4.  H. B. Lal, “Introuctory Nucler Physics” United Book Depot.

5.  Wang, “Introductory Nuclear Physics”, PHI Learning

Reference Books:

6.  Roy & Nigam, “Nuclear Physics” John Wiley & sons.

7.  W.E. Burcham, “Nuclear Physics” Longmans Publications.

8.  Green, “Nuclear  Physics” McGraw Hill.