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Albedo factors of some elements in the atomic number range 26≤Z≤79 for 59.54keV
Demet Yılmaz1, Zeynep Uzunoğlu1, Celalettin Demir1
1Atatürk University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Erzurum, Turkey.
Abstract:
In this study, we aimed to determine the albedo factors for Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Mo, Ag, Dy, Yb, and Au. Albedo factors were investigated experimentally for 59.54keV photon energy by using an HPGe detector with a resolution of 182eV at 5.9keV. Albedo number (AN), albedo energy (AE), and albedo dose (AD) were plotted as a function of atomic number of the target. It was observed that albedo factors decreased with increasing atomic number. In addition, there was a good third-order polynomial relationship between the albedo factors and atomic number.
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