Tables of x-ray mass attenuation coefficients and mass energy-absorption coefficients 1 keV to 20 meV for elements z = 1 to 92 and 48 additional substances of dosimetric interest

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:76335

Hubbell, J H; Seltzer, S M

Tables and graphs of the photon mass attenuation coefficient mu/rho and the mass energy-absorption coefficient mu(en)/rho are presented for all of the elements Z=1 to 92, and for 48 compounds and mixtures of radiological interest. The tables cover energies of the photon (x ray, gamma ray, bremsstrahlung) from 1 keV to 20 MeV. The mu/rho values are taken from the current photon interaction database at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the mu(en)/rho values are based on the new calculations by Seltzer described in Radiation Research. These tables of mu/rho and mu(en)/rho replace and extend the tables given by Hubbell in the International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes.

• Research Organization: National Inst. of Standards and Technology - PL, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Ionizing Radiation Div.
• OSTI ID: 76335
• Report Number(s): PB-95-220539/XAB; NISTIR-5632; TRN: 51812148
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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