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Table 1 Neutron contribution for 1.2 MeV and 0.56 MeV monoenergetic neutrons

From: Comparative study of the effects of different radiation qualities on normal human breast cells

1.2 MeV

  d/cm

K sc/K dir

<E dir>/MeV

<E sc>/MeV

<E tot>/MeV

 5.27

0.127

1.190

0.821

1.149

 7.27

0.226

1.195

0.842

1.130

 10.27

0.253

1.197

0.881

1.134

0.56 MeV

  d/cm

K sc/K dir

<E dir>/MeV

<E sc>/MeV

<E tot>/MeV

 5.27

0.174

0.562

0.386

0.536

 7.27

0.332

0.563

0.394

0.521

 10.27

0.378

0.564

0.411

0.522

  1. Relative contribution of scattered neutrons to the kerma K and the kerma-weighted mean energies <E > of the scattered neutrons and direct for 1.2 MeV and 0.56 MeV monoenergetic neutrons. The subscripts ‘sc’ and ‘dir’ denote scattered and direct, i.e. uncollided, neutrons, respectively. The distance of the centre of the volume containing the cell suspension from the neutron source is denoted by d
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