Comparison Between Mass Attenuation Coefficient of Metals (Fe, Ag, Sn, Pt, Au, Pb) According to Their Atomic Number

Abstract

The paper describes the X-ray attenuation in materials according to their atomic number, using six different materials from low atomic number to higher atomic number, Iron (Fe-26) as low atomic number, silver (Ag-47), tin (Sn-50), platinum (Pt-78), gold (Au-79) and lead (Pb-82) as high atomic number. Using the data were taken from the NIST Standard Reference Database 126. From the J. H. Hubbell and S. M. Seltzer work, a table of contents was used. Whereas The mass attenuation coefficient for the above six elements was taken and compared with each other.

Keywords

• x-ray attenuation
• mass attenuation coefficient
• x-ray transmission
• atomic number