Z dependence of mass attenuation coefficient at 59.54 keV photon energy: Experimental assessment of binding energy effects

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-448

  Tartari, Agostino ^b   Casnati, Ernesto ^b   Baraldi, Claudio ^b   Bonifazzi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; METAL FOIL; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

MASS ATTENUATION;

PHOTONS;

LANTHANIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DATA ANALYSIS; PHOTON; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RELIABILITY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0032210865     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00225-4     Document Type: Article

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