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Phy-X / PSD: Development of a user friendly online software for calculation of parameters relevant to radiation shielding and dosimetry

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A user friendly online photon shielding and dosimetry (PSD) software available at https://phy-x.net/PSD has been developed for calculation of parameters relevant to shielding as discussed by the authors.
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This article is published in Radiation Physics and Chemistry.The article was published on 2020-01-01. It has received 737 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Electromagnetic shielding & Effective atomic number.

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Mechanical and radiation shielding properties of tellurite glasses doped with ZnO and NiO

TL;DR: In this paper, the basic mechanical parameters and radiation shielding properties of (100−x)TeO2+xZnO+4NiO glasses (where x = 9.6, 19.2, 28.8, and 38.4 ) were examined.
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A comprehensive study on the effect of TeO2 on the radiation shielding properties of TeO2–B2O3–Bi2O3–LiF–SrCl2 glass system using Phy-X / PSD software

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed investigation on the radiation shielding features of TeO2-B2O3-Bi2O 3-LiF-SrCl2 glass system is presented.
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Mechanical features and radiation shielding properties of TeO2–Ag2O-WO3 glasses

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the mechanical features and radiation shielding properties of (100 − 2x)TeO2+xAg2O+xWO3 (where x = 7.5, 15, 22.5 and 30 ǫ) glass system.
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Physical, optical and gamma radiation shielding competence of newly boro-tellurite based glasses: TeO2–B2O3–ZnO–Li2O3–Bi2O3

TL;DR: In this article, a traditional melt quenching method was utilized to synthesize glasses with a nominal chemical composition (80-x)TeO2-xB2O3-5ZnO-5Li 2O3−10Bi2O-3: 30≤ x−≤ ǫ −80 −mol%).
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Radiation shielding properties of bismuth borate glasses doped with different concentrations of cadmium oxides

TL;DR: In this paper, the gamma and neutron beam shielding properties of the bismuth borate glass system with various concentration of cadmium oxide (0, 5, 10 and 15 mol%).
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TL;DR: The Gelfant 4 toolkit as discussed by the authors is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter, including a complete range of functionality including tracking, geometry, physics models and hits.
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Effective Doses in Radiology and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: A Catalog

TL;DR: Effective dose provides an approximate indicator of potential detriment from ionizing radiation and should be used as one parameter in evaluating the appropriateness of examinations involving ionizing Radiation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, mass attenuation coefficients μ/ϱ and mass energy-absorption coefficients μ cn/ϑ are tabulated in units of m 2 kg −1 for photon energies 1 keV to 20 MeV for 40 elements ranging from hydrogen (Z = 1) to uranium (Z= 92).
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How do the Phy-x/PSD and WinXcom programs handle materials with complex compositions?

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