Radiochemistry

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

Radiochemistry

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Code

HM-834

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Study curriculum

All

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Skopje

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

IV/VIII

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ECTS points

4

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Lecturer

Full prof. PhD Vladimir Ivanovski

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Prerequisites

Structure of atoms and molecules

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Objectives of the Course Program (Competencies):
Students should acquire fundamental knowledge of the processes of radioactive transformations, the structure of the nucleus, nuclear reactions, chemical reactions under the influence of radioactive radiation, radioactive pollutants, and dosimetry.

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Course Program Content:
INTRODUCTION. Discovery of radioactivity.
LAW OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY (mathematical formulation, derivation, series of natural radioactive elements, artificial radioactivity).
EQUATIONS OF INCREASE AND DECREASE OF ACTIVITY (exponential dependence, growth of radioactive products, determination of half-lives of transformations).
ATOMIC NUCLEUS (structure of the atom and the nucleus, nucleons, properties of the nucleus, binding energy, semi-empirical equations, systematics of nuclei).
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (fermions (leptons, baryons (quarks))), bosons; properties of baryons; bosons as exchange particles or force carriers (gluons, photons, gravitons, W and Z); interaction mechanism (particle exchange).
NUCLEAR STATES AND RADIOACTIVE PROCESSES (stationary states of nuclei, shell model of nuclear structure and magic numbers, theory of gamma transitions and nuclear isomerism, beta transformations, alpha transformations, tunneling effect).
NUCLEAR REACTIONS (liquid drop model, nature of nuclear reactions, reaction energetics, potential and centrifugal barrier, cross-sections for projectile absorption, elastic and inelastic collisions, Bohr’s theory of nuclear reactions, fission, thermal neutrons, cross-sections for absorption of thermal neutrons).
PRODUCTION AND STUDY OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS (instrumentation – cyclotron, sources of gamma rays and X-rays, neutron sources).
CHEMICAL REACTIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF RADIOACTIVE RADIATION (radiolysis of water and organic compounds).
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS AS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS (basic dosimetric methods; radiation monitoring and protection). 

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Teaching methods: Lectures, problem solving tasks

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Total available time

120

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Time distribution

2+2+0 per week  lectures 30, problem solving tasks 30)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 lectures

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Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

30 lectures

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

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Independent work

10 lectures

16.3.

Homework

50 lectures

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests: exam – tasks, min. 13 points

Exam – lectures, min. 13 points

Final exam – tasks, min. 26 points

Final exam – lectures, min. 26 points

Summary

25 points

25 points

50 points

50 points

100 points

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Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

17.3.

Activity

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Grading scale (points/mark)

<50 points

5 (five) (F)

From 51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

From 61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

From 71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

From 81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

From 91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Regular attendance and laboratory courses

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Annomious questionnaire

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

G. Fridlander, J.W. Kennedy 

Nuklearna i radiokemija 

Naučna knjiga, Beograd

1962

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Gerhart Friedlander, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edward S.Macias,

Julian Malcolm Miller

Nuclear and Radiochemistry

3^rd Ed., JOHN WILEY&SONS

1981

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Vladimir Ivanovski

Power Point Presentation slides (in Macedonian)

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

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W. Loveland, D.J. Morrissey,  G.T. Seaborg

Modern Nuclear Chemistry

Wiley-Interscience,

New-Jersey

2006

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А.К. Пикарев

Современная радиационная химия

 Наука, Москва

1985

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