Radiation Effects in Materials, Volume 2: Radiation Chemistry of Organic Compounds provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of radiation chemistry of organic compounds. This book reviews the published work on the radiation chemistry of organic compounds. Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the study of the chemical reactions produced by high-energy radiation. This text then explores the two groups of radiation sources, namely, natural and artificial, that have been equally valuable for radiation chemistry. Other chapters consider the radiation chemistry of water and aqueous systems that is important to organic radiation chemistry. This book discusses as well how radiation alters simple organic compounds, and how the response varies with the irradiation conditions and the presence of other substances. The final chapter deals with the economic aspects of the use of radiation sources in industry. This book is a valuable resource for radiation chemists.

Patai Series: The Chemistry of Functional Groups A series of advanced treatises founded by Professor Saul Patai and under the general editorship of Professor Zvi Rappoport The Patai Series publishes comprehensive reviews on all aspects of specific functional groups. Each volume contains outstanding surveys on theoretical and computational aspects, NMR, MS, other spectroscopical methods and analytical chemistry, structural aspects, thermochemistry, photochemistry, synthetic approaches and strategies, synthetic uses and applications in chemical and pharmaceutical industries, biological, biochemical and environmental aspects. To date, over 100 volumes have been published in the series. Recently Published Titles * The chemistry of the Cyclopropyl Group (Volume 2) * The chemistry of the Hydrazo Azo and Azozy Groups (Volume 2, 2 parts) * The chemistry of Double-Bonded Functional Groups (Volume 3, 2 parts) * The chemistry of Organophosphorus Compounds (Volume 4) * The chemistry of Halides, Pseudo-Halides and Azides (Volume 2, 2 parts) * The chemistry of the Amino, Nitro and Nitroso Groups (2 volumes, 2 parts) * The chemistry of Dienes and Polyenes (2 volumes) * The chemistry of Organic Derivatives of Gold and Silver * The chemistry of Organic Silicon Compounds (2 volumes, 4 parts) * The chemistry of Organic Germanium, Tin and Lead Compounds (Volume 2, 2 parts) * The chemistry of Phenols (2 parts) * The chemistry of Organolithium Compounds (2 parts) * The chemistry of Cyclobutanes (2 parts) * Forthcoming Titles * The chemistry of Peroxides (Volume 2, 2 parts) * The chemistry of Organozinc Compounds * The chemistry of Anilines The Patai Series Online The Patai Series is available in electronic format on Wiley InterScience. All new titles will be published online and a growing list of older titles is added every year. It is the ultimate goal that all titles published in the Patai Series will be available in electronic format.

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry could no longer be contained within one volume and the series Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports themselves still existed but were divided into two, and subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be discontinued. The current list of Specialist Periodical Reports can be seen on the inside flap of this volume.

Die Strahlenbiologie hat sich von einem Forschungszweig, mit dem sich noch vor wenigen J ahrzehnten nur die Strahlentherapeuten und vereinzelte Biologen beschaftigten, zu einem Arbeitsgebiet entwickelt, das die gesamte Medizin und weiteste Gebiete der Biologie interessieren muB. Auf dem Gebiet der Radiologie wird die Radiobiologie von zwei verschiedenen Richtungen gefOrdert. Einerseits - hier ist der Ursprung dieser vVissenschaft zu suchen - ergeben sich aus der klinischen Beobachtung Fragestellungen, die man auf experimentellem \Veg zu beantworten versucht. Andererseits bearbeitet eine besondere Gruppe von Biologen, die vornehmlich die ionisierende Strahlung als Instru ment benutzt, ihre Probleme. Beide Gebiete haben enge Verbindung, sollten sich gegen seitig fOrdern und konnen auch vereint, sogar durch dieselbe Person, ihre praktische Auswirkung erfahren. Zuerst haben die Radiologen ihre mannigfaltigen Probleme selbst aufzuklaren versucht. Mit zunehmender Verbesserung und Verfeinerung der Methode hat sich im Rahmen der Radiologie die besondere Arbeitsrichtung der Radiobiologie ausgesondert, die heute zum Teil eigene Wege geht. Die Radiobiologie gewinnt fur die Strahlentherapie immer mehr an Bedeutung, so daB man versucht ist, die Hoffnung auszudrucken, daB die Radiobiologie berufen sein wird, die Radiotherapie aus der empiri schen Sphare in eine exakt fundierte zu fum'en. In noch starkerem MaB hat sich auf dem Gebiet der Radiodiagnostik die Situation gewandelt. Ohne grundliche radiobiologische Kenntnisse kann die Anwendung ionisierender Strahlen fUr Untersuchungszwecke heute nicht mehr verantwortet werden. Die Nuclearmedizin vereinigt auf radiobiologischem Gebiet die Forderungen, die fur Radiotherapie und -diagnostik aufgestellt wurden.