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The effective atomic number revisited in the light of modern photon-interaction cross-section databases.

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Authors: Manohara SR, Hanagodimath SM, Thind KS, Gerward L

Year

2010

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12386

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Peer-reviewed

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Abstract

The effective atomic number, Z(eff), has been calculated for fatty acids and cysteine. It is shown that Z(eff) is a useful parameter for low-Z materials at any energy above 1 keV. Absorption edges of medium-Z elements may complicate the energy dependence of Z(eff) below 10 keV. The notion of Z(eff) is perhaps most useful at energies where Compton scattering is dominating, and where Z(eff) is equal to the mean atomic number, Z, over a wide energy range around 1 MeV.

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  • The effective atomic number, Z(eff), has been calculated for fatty acids and cysteine.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.047 [2] Publisher https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19828324/

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