The Subcommittee has concerned itself with those areas of nuclear science which involve the chemist, such as the collection and distribution of radiochemical procedures, the establishment of specifications for radiochemically pure reagents, the problems of stockpiling uncontaminated materials, the availability of cyclotron time for service irradiations, the place of radiochemistry in the undergraduate college program, etc.

This series of monographs has grown out of the need for up-to-date compilations of radiochemical information and procedures. The Subcommittee has endeavored to present a series which will be of maximum use to the working scientist and which contains the latest available information. Each monograph collects in one volume the pertinent information required for radiochemical work with an individual element or a group of closely related elements.

An expert in the radiochemistry of the particular element has written the monograph, following a standard format developed by the Subcommittee. The Atomic Energy Commission has sponsored the printing of the series.

The Subcommittee is confident these publications will be useful not only to the radiochemist but also to the research worker in other fields such as physics, biochemistry or medicine who wishes to use radiochemical techniques to solve a specific problem.

W. Wayne Meinke, Chairman
Subcommittee on Radiochemistry

Series Foreword (Recent Volumes)

The Committee on Nuclear and Radiochemistry is one of a number of committees working under the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources of the National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council. Its members are drawn from academic, industrial, and government laboratories and represent the areas of nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, and nuclear medicine.

The Committee has concerned itself with those areas of nuclear science which involve the chemist, such as the collection and distribution of radiochemical procedures, specialized techniques and instrumentation, the place of nuclear and radiochemistry in college and university programs, the training of nuclear and radiochemists, radiochemisty in environmental science, and radionuclides in nuclear medicine. A major interest of the Committee is the publication of the Nuclear Science Series of monographs on Radiochemistry and on Radiochemical Techniques. In 1982 a third series of Nuclear Medicine was initiated.

The Committee has endeavored to present monographs that wil be of maximum use to the working scientist. Each monograph presents pertinent information required for radiochemical work with an individual element or with a specialized technique or with the use of radionuclides in nuclear medicine.

Experts on the various subjects have been recruited to write the monographs. The U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the printing of the series.

Edward S. Macias, Chairman
Committee on Nuclear and Radiochemistry