Quality factors for monoenergetic neutrons

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Radiat. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3576441· OSTI ID:6855087

Cross, W G; Ing, H

Mean quality factors anti Q(E/sub n/), for the dose resulting from first interactons of monoenergetic neutrons in tissue, have been calculated at energies from thermal to 14.7 MeV. Knowledge of these values, along with kerma factors, allows the calculation of the heavy-particle dose equivalent for any known neutron spectrum in tissue. The partial quality factors for the dose delivered by C, N, and O elastic and inelastic recoils are found to be virtually independent of the scattering angular distributions and are given by simple expressions.

• Research Organization: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Ontario
• OSTI ID: 6855087
• Journal Information: Radiat. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Radiat. Res.; (United States) Vol. 99:1; ISSN RAREA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BARYONS
BERYLLIUM 9
BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES
CALCULATION METHODS
CARBON 12
CARBON ISOTOPES
DATA
DOSE EQUIVALENTS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FAST NEUTRONS
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
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LIGHT NUCLEI
NEUTRON SPECTRA
NEUTRONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
NUMERICAL DATA
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
QUALITY FACTOR
RECOILS
SPECTRA
STABLE ISOTOPES
STOPPING POWER
THERMAL NEUTRONS
WATER