A Study on the Gamma-ray Attenuation Parameters of Some Commercial Salt Samples

Authors : Canel EKE

Pages : 412-423

Doi:10.16984/saufenbilder.570480

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Publication Date : 2020-04-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study is to calculate self-attenuation correction factors, linear insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LAC); /mass attenuation coefficients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MAC);, half value layers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HVL); and tenth value layers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TVL); of different brands of commercial salt samples using gamma-ray spectrometry equipped with high resolution germanium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HpGe); detector. The gamma-rays emissions of 22Na, 60Co, 133Ba and 137Cs point sources were counted with/without sample. The obtained gamma-ray spectra were analyzed using computer software. Self-attenuation correction factors and gamma-ray attenuation parameters of eleven different brands of commercial salt sample were calculated. The experimental MACs of salt samples were compared with those of NaCl compound utilizing WinXCom software.
Keywords : Self attenuation correction factor, gamma ray attenuation parameter, gamma ray spectrometry, salt samples