• Effective atomic number, electron density and kerma of gamma radiation for oxides of lanthanides

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/078/03/0451-0458

• # Keywords

Effective atomic number; electron density; kerma; oxides of lanthanides.

• # Abstract

An attempt has been made to estimate the effective atomic number, electron density (0.001 to 10$^5$ MeV) and kerma (0.001 to 20 MeV) of gamma radiation for a wide range of oxides of lanthanides using mass attenuation coefﬁcient from WinXCom and mass energy absorption coefﬁcient from Hubbell and Seltzer. The values of these parameters have been found to change with energy for different oxides of lanthanides. The lanthanide oxides ﬁnd remarkable applications in the ﬁeld of medicine, biology, nuclear engineering and space technology. Nano-oxides of lanthanide ﬁnd applications in display and lighting industry.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Department of Physics, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 056, India
2. Department of Physics, Dravidian University, Kuppam 517 425, India
3. Department of Physics, B.M.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore 560 064, India

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November 2019

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