The revised edition retains the essential theories of nuclear structure and stability, radioactivity and the principles of fission, fusion and breeder reactors of the earlier editions. The preparation of the more commonly used radioisotopes and their uses as tracers in research, medicine, agriculture and industry are described. The book also covers the elements of Radiation and Radiochemistry illustrated with additional examples. The section on Mossbauer effect is retained. The chapter on the detection and measurement of radioactivity is revised to include thermoluminescence and Cerenkov detectors. New additions in the present edition include a whole chapter on the separation and uses of stable and radioactive isotopes needed in bulk amounts in the atomic age. How an extension of basic principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has led to the sophisticated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the latest diagnostic tool in medicine is discussed lucidly. Another chapter is added entitled "A Roll-call of Elementary Particles", wherein the baffling properties of quarks and gluons, with their esoteric flavours, colours, strangeness and charm are reviewed showing how their scientific characteristics tend to merge in Philosophy. The book meets the needs of Honours and Postgraduate students offering Nuclear, Radiation and Radiochemistry.About the AuthorDr. H.J. Arnikar is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry in the University of Poona with a wide research experience. After his Ph.D. from the Banaras Hindu University, he worked in the College de France, Paris, in the laboratories of Professor Frederic Joliot-Curie N.L. and obtained his D.Sc. Later, he worked as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar with Professor John E. Willard in the University of Wisconsin, Madison (Wis). He had served as an international consultant to the UNESCO in the Pilot Project for the Teaching of Chemistry in S E Asia. Bangkok. He is also the author of "Isotopes in the Atomic Age". He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 1988.Table of ContentsThe Atomic Nucleus Properties of Nucleons and Nuclei Nuclear Models Radioactivity Nuclear Reactions Nuclear Fission Nuclear Reactors Detection and Measurement of Activity Isotopes for Nuclear Reactors Applications of Radioactivity Elements of Radiation Chemistry A Roll-Call of Elementary Particles Appendix