Research Article

Gamma-Ray Attenuation to Evaluate Soil Porosity: An Analysis of Methods

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Experimental (Exp) and calculated (XCOM) mass attenuation coefficient variation as a function of photon energy . Experimental data for water (a) and sandy and clayey soils (b) were obtained for photon energies of 60 keV (241Am) and 662 keV (137Cs).
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