Mass attenuation coefficient of saccharides for X-rays in the energy range from 8 keV to 32 keV

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Kerur, B R ^a   Manjula, V T ^a   Lagare, M T ^a   Anil Kumar, S ^b  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Bragg's additivity law; Mass attenuation coefficients; Photoelectric; Photon cross sections; Saccharides; X rays

Indexed keywords

PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGARS; WORD PROCESSING;

BRAGG'S ADDITIVITY LAW; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; PHOTOELECTRIC; PHOTON CROSS SECTIONS; SACCHARIDES; X-RAYS;

RADIATION;

EID: 60249083218     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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