Liquid scintillation : science and technology : [proceedings of the International Conference on Liquid Scintillation--Science and Technology, held at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada on June 14-17, 1976

Liquid Scintillation: Science and Technology contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Liquid Scintillation: Science and Technology held on June 14-17, 1976 at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. The book presents papers on the mechanisms of the liquid scintillation process; liquid scintillation alpha counting and spectrometry and its application to bone and tissue samples; and measurement by liquid scintillator of labelled compounds (3H or 14C) dropped onto supports. The text also includes papers on the heterogeneous counting on filter support media; liquid scintillation in medical diagnosis; and the theory and application of Cerenkov counting. The radioassay of chlorine using a liquid scintillation spectrometer; some factors influencing external standardization; and the study of the sizes and distributions of colloidal water in water-emulsifier-toluene systems are also considered. The book further tackles the external standard method of quench correction; the liquid scintillation counting of novel radionuclides; and Cerenkov counting and liquid scintillation counting for the determination of fluorine. The text also looks into the absolute disintegration rate determination of beta-emitting radionuclides by the pulse height shift-extrapolation method; automatic data processing in scintillation counting; and the standardization in liquid scintillation counting. Biochemists and scientists involved in the study of chemical biodynamics will find the book invaluable. Content: Inside Front Cover , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv List of Contributors , Pages ix-xi Preface , Pages xiii-xiv , A.A. Noujaim, C. Ediss, L.I. Wiebe The Mechanisms of the Liquid Scintillation Process , Pages 1-16 , Donald L. Horrocks LIQUID SCINTILLATION ALPHA COUNTING AND SPECTROMETRY AND ITS APPLICATION TO BONE AND TISSUE SAMPLES , Pages 17-31 , W.J. McDowell, J.F. Weiss Measurement by Liquid Scintillator of Labelled Compounds ( 3 H or 14 C) Dropped onto Supports , Pages 33-45 , Sonia Apelgot, Maurice Duquesne HETEROGENEOUS COUNTING ON FILTER SUPPORT MEDIA , Pages 47-68 , E. Long, V. Kohler, M.J. Kelly LIQUID SCINTILLATION IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS , Pages 69-78 , Kent Painter THEORY AND APPLICATION OF CERENKOV COUNTING , Pages 79-91 , H.H. Ross METHYL SALICYLATE AS A MEDIUM FOR RADIOASSAY OF 36 CHLORINE USING A LIQUID SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETER , Pages 93-102 , L.I. Wiebe, C. Ediss SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING EXTERNAL STANDARDIZATION , Pages 103-116 , Philip E. Stanley STUDY OF THE SIZES AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF COLLOIDAL WATER IN WATER-EMULSIFIER-TOLUENE SYSTEMS , Pages 117-134 , Donald L. Horrocks EXTERNAL STANDARD METHOD OF QUENCH CORRECTION: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES , Pages 135-152 , B.H. Laney LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING OF NOVEL RADIONUCLIDES , Pages 153-166 , J.A.B. Gibson CERENKOV COUNTING AND LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING FOR THE DETERMINATION OF 18 FLOURINE , Pages 167-172 , D.N. Abrams, S.A. McQuarrie, C. Ediss, L.I. Wiebe AN INTERFACE FOR ROUTINE SPECTRAL DISPLAY FROM SEVERAL LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTERS , Pages 173-183 , B.E. Gordon, M. Press, W. Erwin, R.M. Lemmon ABSOLUTE DISINTEGRATION RATE DETERMINATION OF BETA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES BY THE PULSE HEIGHT SHIFT-EXTRAPOLATION METHOD , Pages 185-198 , Donald L. Horrocks QUENCH CORRECTION CONSIDERATIONS IN HETEROGENOUS SYSTEMS , Pages 199-207 , A.A. Noujaim, L.I. Wiebe, C. Ediss THE USE OF THE LIQUID SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETER IN BIOLUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS , Pages 209-227 , Philip E. Stanley QUANTITATION OF LEUKOCYTE CHEMILUMINESCENCE FOLLOWING PHAGOCYTOSIS: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS USING LIQUID SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY , Pages 229-242 , D. English, A.A. Noujaim, T. Horan, T.A. McPherson ON THE USE OF LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTERS FOR CHEMILUMINESCENCE ASSAYS IN BIOCHEMISTRY , Pages 243-254 , E. Schram, F. Demuylder, J. De Rycker, H. Roosens INSTRUMENTATION WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION , Page 257 , B.H. Laney LOW BACKGROUND LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTERS , Page 259 , John E. Noakes AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN SCINTILLATION COUNTING , Pages 261-265 , Philip E. Stanley Discussion , Pages 267-280 SAMPLE PREPARATION IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION REMARKS OF THE SESSION CHAIRMAN , Pages 283-289 , Kent Painter STANDARDIZATION IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING , Pages 291-294 , E.D. Bransome Jr. ADSORPTION IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING , Pages 295-298 , Donald C. Wigfield SAMPLE OXIDATION FOR LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING: A REVIEW , Pages 299-308 , Walter E. Kisieleski, Evelyn M. Buess TISSUE SOLUBILIZATION , Pages 309-312 , R. Ferris CHEMILUMINESCENCE , Pages 313-329 , C.T. PENG Discussion , Pages 331-345 THE CLOSING ADDRESS OF THE CONFERENCE GIVEN BY , Pages 347-348 , P.E. Stanley Index , Pages 349-352