Journal of Ceramics

Research Article

A Comprehensive Study on Gamma-Ray Exposure Build-Up Factors and Fast Neutron Removal Cross Sections of Fly-Ash Bricks

Table 2

Equivalent atomic number of fly-ash bricks and other bricks.


Energy (MeV)	Equivalent atomic number ()
Energy (MeV)	FAB1	FAB2	FAB3	FAB4	FAB5	FAB6	FAB7	FAB8	BOM	COB

0.015	13.16	13.39	13.61	13.81	13.12	13.35	13.58	13.79	14.61	15.97
0.02	13.32	13.56	13.78	14.00	13.27	13.51	13.75	13.97	14.78	16.22
0.03	13.50	13.74	13.98	14.20	13.43	13.69	13.93	14.16	14.95	16.50
0.04	13.61	13.87	14.11	14.34	13.53	13.80	14.06	14.30	15.06	16.67
0.05	13.69	13.95	14.20	14.44	13.62	13.89	14.15	14.40	15.14	16.79
0.06	13.76	14.03	14.27	14.51	13.69	13.96	14.21	14.47	15.20	16.88
0.08	13.85	14.13	14.37	14.61	13.77	14.04	14.31	14.56	15.28	17.02
0.1	13.91	14.21	14.43	14.68	13.83	14.10	14.37	14.63	15.33	17.12
0.15	14.02	14.33	14.54	14.80	13.91	14.19	14.47	14.74	15.41	17.24
0.2	14.07	14.33	14.60	14.87	13.96	14.25	14.53	14.81	15.46	17.31
0.3	14.13	14.40	14.67	14.95	14.02	14.31	14.60	14.89	15.51	17.40
0.4	14.16	14.44	14.72	15.00	14.05	14.34	14.64	14.93	15.54	17.45
0.5	14.18	14.46	14.74	15.02	14.07	14.36	14.66	14.96	15.55	17.48
0.6	14.19	14.47	14.76	15.04	14.08	14.38	14.67	14.97	15.56	17.50
0.8	14.20	14.48	14.77	15.05	14.08	14.39	14.68	14.98	15.57	17.52
1	14.20	14.49	14.77	15.05	14.09	14.39	14.69	14.99	15.57	17.52
1.5	12.22	12.44	12.65	12.86	12.23	12.44	12.66	12.87	13.66	15.15
2	11.69	11.85	12.01	12.16	11.74	11.89	12.04	12.19	13.00	14.01
3	11.56	11.71	11.85	11.99	11.62	11.75	11.89	12.02	12.82	13.70
4	11.52	11.66	11.80	11.94	11.57	11.71	11.84	11.97	12.76	13.63
5	11.51	11.64	11.78	11.92	11.56	11.70	11.83	11.96	12.75	13.59
6	11.50	11.63	11.77	11.91	11.56	11.69	11.81	11.94	12.73	13.57
8	11.49	11.62	11.76	11.90	11.54	11.67	11.80	11.93	12.72	13.54
10	11.48	11.61	11.75	11.89	11.54	11.67	11.79	11.92	12.71	13.53
15	11.47	11.61	11.74	11.88	11.53	11.66	11.79	11.91	12.70	13.51