MEASUREMENT OF THE PHOTON ENERGY-ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT FOR AIR, NITROGEN AND ARGON AT 30-KEV

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作者
BAN, S
HIRAYAMA, H
NAMITO, Y
TANAKA, S
NAKASHIMA, H
NAKANE, Y
YOSHIZAWA, M
NARIYAMA, N
机构
[1] JAPAN ATOM ENERGY RES INST,TOKAI,IBARAKI 31911,JAPAN
[2] SHIP RES INST,MITAKA,TOKYO 181,JAPAN
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10.1016/0969-8043(93)90147-3
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O61 [无机化学];
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070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A parallel plate free-air ionization chamber was filled with air, nitrogen and argon, and the ionization current was measured for 30-keV monoenergetic incident photons, using a synchrotron radiation source. The photon intensity was measured using a total absorption calorimeter placed behind the chamber. Because the W value for each gas is accurately known, photon mass energy-absorption coefficients for each gas were measured. The measured coefficients are in agreement with published tables by Hubbell within 2%.
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