A method for calculating mass-attenuation coefficients of beta particles

✍ Scribed by Bhupender Singh; R.K. Batra

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Weight: 444 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-2889
• DOI: 10.1016/0883-2889(87)90065-7

✦ Synopsis

A new method to calculate mass-attenuation coefficients of /I and /I + particles of energies from 0.25 to 5.0 Met' for elemental absorbers is described. This method is based upon the interactions of fly and p + particles with matter and the use of the varying transmission limit for different absorbers, The root-mean-square (r.m.s.) deviation of theory from 61 electron and 30 positron measurements in all elements is 6.5 and 9.7% respectively. Attenuation coefficients in rare earths calculated by this method are in excellent agreement with earlier measurements.