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HERO ID
522240
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Pb-Sn Alloys by Scattering of 145 Kev Gamma Rays
Author(s)
Singh, MP; Sharma, A; Singh, B; Sandhu, BS
Year
2009
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Asian Journal of Chemistry
ISSN:
0970-7077
EISSN:
0975-427X
Volume
21
Issue
10
Page Numbers
242-245
Language
English
Abstract
The objective of present experiment is to assign effective atomic number (Zeff) to solders (alloys of lead and tin) having different composition of tin. An HPGe semiconductor detector, placed at 70o to the incident beam, detects gamma photons scattered from the sample under investigation. The experiment is performed on various elements with atomic number satisfying, 6 <= Z <= 82, for 145 keV incident photons. The agreement of measured values of Zeff with theory is quite satisfactory.
Keywords
Effective atomic number; Rayleigh and Compton scatterings; Intensity; ratio; effective atomic-number; compton-scattering; coherent
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