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Comparison of dose determinations for 15‐MeV neutrons
Author(s) -
McDonald J. C.,
Barschall H. H.,
Howell R. H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595051
Subject(s) - dosimetry , calorimeter (particle physics) , absorbed dose , neutron , ionization , radiochemistry , irradiation , materials science , ionization chamber , nuclear physics , nuclear medicine , physics , chemistry , optics , medicine , ion , quantum mechanics , detector
Absorbed dose in A‐150 plastic irradiated by 15‐MeV neutrons was measured using three dosimetric methods: an A‐150 plastic calorimeter, A‐150 ionization chambers, and activation of gold foils. The dose determinations by the calorimeter and ionization chambers agreed to better than 1%, while the activation method yielded a 3.5% lower dose. The agreement between the methods is within the experimental uncertainties.
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