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Determination of mass attenuation coefficients, effective atomic numbers and effective electron numbers for
1Arts and Sciences Faculty, Physics Department, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, 04000 Agri, Turkey.
Abstract:
Total mass attenuation coefficients, effective atomic numbers and effective electron numbers values for different 16 heavy-weight and normal-weight concretes are calculated in the energy range from 1 keV to 100 GeV. The values of mass attenuation coefficients used in calculations are taken from the WinXCom computer program. The obtained results for heavy-weight concretes are compared with the results for normal-weight concretes. The results of heavy-weight concretes fairly differ from results for normal-weight concretes.
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