释义 |
radioˈchemistry Also with hyphen. [f. radio- 3 + chemistry.] The chemistry of radioactive substances; sometimes held to include also radiation chemistry s.v. radiation 4. Hence radioˈchemist. In quot. 1904 perh. = radiation chemistry.
1904Jrnl. Physical Chem. VIII. 506 Under chemical energetics we find the mass law relations for equilibrium and reaction velocity,..electrochemistry, photochemistry and radiochemistry. 1910A. T. Cameron (title) Radiochemistry. 1911F. Soddy Chem. Radio-Elements 11 A special branch of chemistry, which may be appropriately termed ‘Radio-Chemistry’ has come into existence. 1938R. W. Lawson tr. Hevesy & Paneth's Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xxiv. 247 The study of the chemical effects of the rays from radium is sometimes called ‘radio-chemistry’ in the narrower sense... However, we shall confine the use of the term ‘radio-chemistry’ to the chemistry of the radio-elements, or the study of their chemical properties and reactions. 1952F. E. Zeuner Dating Past (ed. 3) iv. x. 346 One can confidently expect the radio-chemist to be aware of the difficulties. 1953E. Simon Past Masters III. 141 A radio⁓chemist [should] be called in to carry out tests on the stone fabric of this and the other huts in order to determine age. 1971I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth ii. 42/1 Direct measurements of long half-lives..have been carried out in many physics and radiochemistry laboratories. 1973Nature 3 Aug. p. xiii. (Advt.), South African Atomic Energy Board. Radiochemist or Radiopharmacist. Applications are invited. |