Publication: Monte Carlo calculations for gamma-ray mass attenuation coefficients of some soil samples
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Tarım, Urkiye Akar
Gürler, Orhan
Özmutlu, Emin N.
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Yalçın, Sezai
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Pergamon-Elsevier
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We developed a simple Monte Carlo code to determine the mass attenuation coefficients of some soil samples at nine different gamma-ray energies (59.5, 80.9, 122.1, 159.0, 356.5, 511.0, 661.6, 1173.2 and 1332.5 key). Results of the Monte Carlo calculations have been compared with tabulations based upon the results of photon cross section database (XCOM) and with experimental results by other researchers for the same samples. The calculated mass attenuation coefficients were found to be very close to the theoretical values and the experimental results.
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Nuclear science & technology, Attenuation coefficient, Monte Carlo, Soil, Gamma-ray, Building-materials, Transmission, Gamma rays, Radiation, Soil surveys, Soils, Attenuation coefficient, Gamma-ray energy, Mass attenuation coefficients, Monte Carlo calculation, Monte Carlo codes, Soil sample, Theoretical values, Monte Carlo methods
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Tarım, U. A. vd. (2013). "Monte Carlo calculations for gamma-ray mass attenuation coefficients of some soil samples". Annals of Nuclear Energy, 58, 198-201.