Radiation transmission of colemanite, tincalconite and ulexite for 6 and 18MV X-rays by using linear accelerator

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Demir, Faruk ^a   Un, Adem ^b  

^a BURSA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AGRI IBRAHIM CECEN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Boron; Colemanite; Radiation transmission; Tincalconite; Ulexite

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; COLEMANITE; RADIATION TRANSMISSION; TINCALCONITE; ULEXITES;

BORATE MINERALS; BORON; HYDROGEN; LEAD; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; ORES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PHOTONS; SHIELDING;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

BORON; COLEMANITE; LEAD; PARAFFIN; TINCALCONITE; ULEXITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALORIMETRY; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; X RAY;

EID: 84870177386     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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