Study of effective atomic numbers and mass attenuation coefficients in some compounds

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-541

  Singh, K ^a   Kaur, Rajinderjit ^a   Vandana, ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

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INORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0029872203     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-806X(95)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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