Article
2023
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5 citations
Effective atomic numbers and number, energy and dose albedos of different colored thermoplastic materials
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine some distinctive features of thermoplastic materials used in radiotherapy. In this work, effective atomic numbers and number, energy and dose albedos of different colored thermoplastic samples (white, light green, green and blue) were determined for 59.54 keV gamma rays by using a high purity germanium detector. It is observed that the white thermoplastic sample has good reflectivity for gamma rays. The blue thermoplastic sample indicates superior shielding quantities since it has the lowest values of number, energy and dose albedos.
Keywords
Effective atomic number
Albedo factor
thermoplastic material
gamma ray spectrometer
high purity germanium detector
GAMMA
BACKSCATTERING
RADIATION
ELEMENTS
DEPENDENCE
THERAPY
PHOTONS
WoS Categories
Nuclear Science & Technology
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Physics, Condensed Matter
Citation
- Journal
- RADIATION EFFECTS AND DEFECTS IN SOLIDS
- Year
- 2023
- Volume
- 178
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 325-334
- ISSN
- 1042-0150
- eISSN
- 1029-4953
- DOI
- 10.1080/10420150.2022.2133713
- WoS UID
- WOS:000884705400001