ABSTRACT

A grand variety of old and modern techniques is used nowadays for processing materials and composites, including classic methods of wet chemistry, high-temperature sinterization, arc discharge and other electrochemical processes, microwaves and ultrasound, chemical vapor deposition, and ame synthesis, among many others (Hinklin and Lu, 2009; Yi et al., 2010). During the last 20 years,

1.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 1.2 Brief Classic Description of Ionizing Radiation .......................................................................2