An online software to simulate the shielding properties of materials for neutrons and photons: NGCal
| Autor: | O. Güngör, H.S. Gökçe, Hamid Yilmaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Physics
Radiation Photon 010308 nuclear & particles physics business.industry Mean free path Gamma ray 01 natural sciences Neutron temperature 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Computational physics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Software Attenuation coefficient 0103 physical sciences Electromagnetic shielding Neutron business |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 185:109519 |
| ISSN: | 0969-806X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109519 |
| Popis: | NGCal, a free online computation software ( http://ngcal.com ), has been developed for narrow beam transmission properties of photons (for energies of X rays and gamma rays between 0.002 MeV and 20 MeV), thermal (25.4 meV) and fast neutrons (4 MeV), in this regard it theoretically calculates the mass and linear attenuation coefficient/factor, mean free path, half- and tenth-value layers of materials formed by elements, compounds and composites. Its calculation assumptions, user guide as well as a comparative example of its results to those of other online computation platforms (XCOM, NCNR, WinXCOM, MCNPX, and Phy-X/PSD) are presented in this study. The developed software allows for more data input consisting of elements/oxides/compound and their fractions, and presents a number of shielding results required by researchers and scientists working on radiation shielding properties of multi-component materials. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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