Gamma-Ray Attenuation Characteristics of Various Chemical Fertilizers

The objective of this work is to examine gamma-ray attenuation characteristics of various chemical fertilizers between 81 and 1332 keV photon energies. The chemical fertilizers were labelled from F1 to F8. The experimental and theoretical mass attenuation coefficients (MACs) of chemical fertilizers...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Instruments and experimental techniques (New York) 2023-02, Vol.66 (1), p.111-118
Main Author: Eke, Canel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attenuation coefficients
Biology
Electrical Engineering
Fertilizers
Gamma rays
Mathematical analysis
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Medicine
Photons
Physical Chemistry
Physical Instruments for Ecology
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Radiation
Radiation protection
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The objective of this work is to examine gamma-ray attenuation characteristics of various chemical fertilizers between 81 and 1332 keV photon energies. The chemical fertilizers were labelled from F1 to F8. The experimental and theoretical mass attenuation coefficients (MACs) of chemical fertilizers were calculated and compared. Theoretical values of MACs are higher than experimental values of the MACs. The F4 has the smallest half value layers, tenth value layers and mean free paths except for 81 keV photon energy in the studied chemical fertilizers. Excluding 81 keV photon energy, radiation protection efficiency values of F4 are the highest in the studied chemical fertilizers. It can be concluded that F4 has better radiation attenuation characteristics between 276 and 1332 keV photon energies. The transmission factors of studied chemical fertilizers ascend with enhancement of photon energy. The effective atomic numbers of F1 are higher than other samples. The effective electron densities of F1 are higher than other samples between 81 and 384 keV photon energies and those of F2 are higher than other samples between 662 and 1332 keV photon energies.
ISSN:0020-4412
1608-3180
DOI:10.1134/S0020441223010098