Journal
RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 92, Issue -, Pages 22-27Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.07.004
Keywords
Mass attenuation coefficients; Atomic cross-section; Electronic cross-section; Effective atomic number; Effective electron density
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- UGC
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The total mass attenuation coefficients of some amino acids, such as Glycine (C2H5NO2), DL-Alanine (C3H2NO2), Proline (C5H9NO2), L-Leucine (C6H13NO2), L-Arginine (C6H14N4O2) and L-Arginine Monohydrochloride (C6H15CIN4O2), were measured at 122, 356, 511, 662, 1170, 1275 and 1330 key photon energies using a well-collimated narrow beam good geometry set-up. The gamma rays were detected using Nal (Ti) scintillation detection system with a resolution of 10.2% at 662 key. The attenuation coefficient data were then used to obtain the effective atomic numbers (Z(eff)) and effective electron densities (N-eff) of amino acids. It was observed that the effective atomic number (Z(eff)) and effective electron densities (N-eff) tend to be almost constant as a function of gamma-ray energy. The results show that, the experimental values of mass attenuation coefficients, effective atomic numbers and effective electron densities are in good agreement with the theoretical values with less than 1% error. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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