Nuclear Chemistry

Heather L. Crawford is a Senior Staff Scientist in the Nuclear Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. She obtained her BSc in Chemistry from Simon Fraser University (British Columbia, Canada) in 2006 and her PhD in nuclear chemistry from Michigan State University in 2010. Her research is focused on the structure of very neutron-rich nuclei and experiments performed at international facilities such as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, as well as the development of the experimental tools necessary to enable such studies.

• Section I: Introduction to Nuclear Science 1. Fundamentals of the Atomic Nucleus 2. Models to Describe the Nucleus: A Taste of Nuclear Theory 3. Facilities for Nuclear Science Research 4. The Historic Place of Nuclear Science in Chemistry Section II: Fundamental Properties of Nuclei 5. Interaction of Radiation with Matter 6. Shapes, Size and Moments of Nuclei 7. Nuclear Decay 8. Nuclear Reactions 9. Nuclear Excited States and Transitions Section III: Nuclear Energy: Fusion and Fission 10. Nuclear Fusion 11. Nuclear Fission Section IV: Superheavy Element Science 12. Production of the Heaviest Elements 13. Basic Chemical Properties of the SHE 14. Atom-at-a-Time Chemistry and the SHE Section V: Equation of State of Nuclear Matter 15. Reactions to Probe Equation of State 16. Equation of State Probed by Nuclear Collisions Section VI: Nuclei in the Cosmos 17. Element Formation in the Early Universe 18. Measurement of Isotopes in the Stars 19. Nuclear Astrophysics 20. Astrochemistry Section VII: Radioisotopes and Applications 21. Isotope Production 22. Radioisotope Harvesting 23. Applications of Actinides 24. Medical Applications 25. Environmental Nuclear Analytical Techniques 26. Radioisotope Dating Applications