Comparative Study on Effective Atomic Numbers of Silicate, Borate and Phosphate Glass Matrices over 1 keV-100 GeV Energy Range

Abstract:

In this work, total mass attenuation coefficients and effective atomic numbers of a series of three host glasses with different chemical composition, 65R_mO_n : 10CaO : 25Na₂O mol% (where R_mO_n are B₂O₃, SiO₂ and P₂O₅, respectively) have been studied as a function of photon energy. The total mass attenuation coefficient values were taken from WinXCom program, were used to evaluate the effective atomic numbers in the energy range from 1 keV to 100 GeV. The obtained results for all samples are compared and discussed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 979)
• Pages: 405-408
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.979.405
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Keerati Kirdsiri*, Narong Sangwaranatee
• Keywords: Effective Atomic Numbers, Glass, Total Mass Attenuation Coefficients

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