Average atomic number of heterogeneous mixtures from the ratio of gamma to fast-neutron attenuation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 611-614

  Rasmussen, R J ^a   Fanselow, W S ^a   Lefevre, H W ^a   Chmelik, M S ^a   Overley, J C ^a   Brown, A P ^a   Sieger, G E ^a   Schofield, R M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic number; Explosives detection; Neutron attenuation; ray attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BERYLLIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; EXPLOSIVES; GAMMA RAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC NUMBER; COMPTON SCATTERING; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; FAST NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 0031144683     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00120-1     Document Type: Article

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