XCOM: Photon cross sections on a personal computer

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A computer program and data base are presented which can be used to calculate, with a personal computer, photon cross sections for scattering, photoelectric absorption and pair production, as well as total attenuation coefficients, in any element, compound or mixture, at energies from 1 keV to 100 GeV.

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Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

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Affordable and clean energy

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DOI: 10.2172/6016002

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XCOM: Photon cross sections on a personal computer

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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