TE0016 - RADIONUCLIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION

courses

ID:

TE0016

Duration (hours):

48

CFU:

SSD:

CHIMICA GENERALE E INORGANICA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY/CORSO GENERICO Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2024 - 31/01/2025)

Course Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge on radioactivity and the laws of radioactive decay. Provide the basis for understanding the interaction between radiation and matter and therefore how they can be revealed. To make known the mechanisms that regulate the main nuclear reactions. Provide the foundation for understanding the effects of radiation on biological material.

To understand the main applications of radioactivity in general and analytical chemistry, in environmental sciences, in life sciences (medical, biological, agro-food applications), in dating, in industry.

At the end of the course, the student is able to recognize mechanisms and characteristics of radioactive decays, knows the fundamental principles of radioactivity measurement and knows the main applications of nuclear chemistry (medicine, energy production, environmental protection).

Course Prerequisites

Due to the nature of the topics that will be covered, it is important that students have a mastery of some basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, acquired in the first and second year courses.

Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures in the classroom (scheduled for 48 hours).

Frontal lessons.

Teaching is mainly of a conventional type, with oral presentation, supported by slide projections and writing on the blackboard. The teacher illustrates the relevance of the topics by giving concrete examples of their application in the context of numerical applications and subsequent courses of the Degree Course. The aim of the lectures is to convey the notions of theory relevant to the topics discussed.

Assessment Methods

The exam consists of a written test and an eventual oral test. The written exam consists of four numerical exercises and four open-ended questions. The questions are intended to assess both the understanding of the main topics of the program. The exercises are aimed at verifying the student's ability to use the concepts acquired by carrying out numerical exercises

The oral exam consists of a discussion lasting about 20-30 minutes in which questions will be asked relating to theoretical aspects related to the topics addressed in the teaching and reported in the detailed program of the course, and is aimed at ascertaining the level of knowledge and skills of understanding achieved by the student on the theoretical and methodological contents indicated in the program. It will also make it possible to verify the student's communication skills with language properties and autonomous organization of the exposition of the topics, as well as verify the student's ability to apply the skills acquired to more complex systems attributable to the teaching program.

The final mark of the exam will be expressed out of thirty and will take into account overall the evaluations obtained in the written and oral tests.

Texts

Slides and Lecture notes

Radioactivity. Radionuclides. Natural and artificial radioactive elements. Unit of measure.

Nuclear properties and radioactive nuclides.

Kinetics of radioactive decays.

Detection and measurement of radioactivity.

Chemical and biological effects of ionizing radiation.

Radionuclides in the environment:

Radioisotopes in nuclear medicine.

Course Language

Italian

More information

The teacher recommends regular attendance and participation in the lessons.

The teaching material (slides, exercises proposed during numerical exercises, texts of previous exemptions and written tests) are made available to students on the Moodle e-learning platform after registration.