A study for gamma-ray attenuation performances of barite filled polymer composites.

In this study, radiation protection efficiency (RPE) for the coded as UP-Ba0, UP-Ba25, UP-Ba50, UP-Ba75 and UP-Ba100 at different sample thicknesses, total mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ), linear attenuation coefficients (μ), half value layers (HVL), tenth value layers (TVL), mean free paths (MFP), effective atomic numbers (Z) and effective electron densities (N) were determined at various gamma energies between 59.5 and 1408.0 keV.

Photon interaction performance of various contrast agents: Theoretical and simulation results.

In this study, total mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ) values in the energy range from 60 keV to 15 MeV for some contrast agents (Iopamidol, Metrizamide, Iohexol, Ioxaglic acid, Iopromide, Ioversol and Iopentol) were determined with the WinXCOM computer program and GEANT4 computer simulation code. Linear attenuation coefficients (μ), half value layers (HVL), tenth value layers (TVL), mean free paths (mfp), effective atomic numbers (Z) and effective electron densities (N) in the aforementioned energy range were obtained with the help of the calculated total mass attenuation coefficients. Energy absorption build-up factors (EABF) and exposure build-up factors (EBF) for contrast agents were calculated using the five-parameter geometric progression (G-P) fitting method in the energy region of 0.

Determination of some fluorescence parameters of L sub-shells for Th and U at 59.54 keV photon energy.

The L X-ray fluorescence cross-sections at 59.54 keV, L sub-shell fluorescence and Auger yields, L sub-shell level widths, life times and some selected radiative transfer probabilities of L to M, N and O sub-shells were determined using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence for Th and U. The experiments were performed with a Si(Li) detector and an Am-241 radioactive annular source in excitation geometry.