radiochemistry
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˈkɛmɪstri
/noun [mass noun]
The branch of chemistry concerned with radioactive substances.The six-week program covers the fundamentals of nuclear theory, radiochemistry, nuclear instrumentation, radiological safety, and applications to related fields....
- Libby studied radiochemistry at Berkeley in the 1930s and subsequently worked on the Manhattan Project.
- Mark graduated from IT Sligo with a national certificate in chemistry, a national diploma in analytical chemistry, a degree in environmental chemistry and a PhD in environmental radiochemistry.
Derivatives
radiochemical
/ adjective ...- More recent developments in mass spectrometry allow the detection of site-specific phosphorylation in proteins without radiochemical labelling.
- These analyses showed a radiochemical purity >90%.
- Suspicion centred on a huge building, 200 metres long, with thick concrete internal walls, which officials said was a radiochemical laboratory.
radiochemist
- Otto Hahn was a radiochemist working at the University of Berlin.
- An international collaboration of radiochemists has determined the volatility of bohrium, element 107 - the heaviest element yet whose chemistry has been successfully investigated.
- Almost a decade ago, Mintun and radiochemist Chester Mathis, Ph.D., developed a method of labeling the 5 - HT2A serotonin receptor with a chemical called altanserin.