radiochemistry
noun
ra·dio·chem·is·try
ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈke-mə-strē 
: a branch of chemistry dealing with radioactive substances and phenomena including tracer studies
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Birnbaum launches into a primer on radiochemistry: Isotopes are chemical elements with too many or too few neutrons in their centers.
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Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020
In those early days, radiochemistry was a kind of scavenger hunt to collect and understand these features.
—New York Times, 28 Aug. 2019
The nuclear-research center was hit with five weapons, the radiochemistry laboratory was hit, Building 500 close to that laboratory was hit, and the fuel fabrication facility was hit.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 17 May 2017
After graduating from South Carolina State University with a degree in chemistry and a concentration in radiochemistry, McCullough now works as a nuclear scientist at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 15 May 2017
McCullough earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with a concentration in radiochemistry from South Carolina State University.
—Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 15 May 2017
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Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020
In those early days, radiochemistry was a kind of scavenger hunt to collect and understand these features.
—New York Times, 28 Aug. 2019
The nuclear-research center was hit with five weapons, the radiochemistry laboratory was hit, Building 500 close to that laboratory was hit, and the fuel fabrication facility was hit.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 17 May 2017
After graduating from South Carolina State University with a degree in chemistry and a concentration in radiochemistry, McCullough now works as a nuclear scientist at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 15 May 2017
McCullough earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with a concentration in radiochemistry from South Carolina State University.
—Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 15 May 2017
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radiochemistry
noun
ra·dio·chem·is·try
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈkem-ə-strē
plural radiochemistries
: a branch of chemistry dealing with radioactive substances and phenomena including tracer studies
called also nuclear chemistry
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