Total interaction cross sections and effective atomic numbers of some biologically important compounds containing H, C, N and O in the energy range 6.4-136 keV

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3707-3718

  Manjunathaguru, V ^a   Umesh, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LITHIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ATOMIC CROSS SECTIONS; ATOMIC NUMBERS; DIODE DETECTORS;

SUGARS;

EID: 35748951603     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/40/18/010     Document Type: Article

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