A Comprehensive Study on Gamma Rays and Fast Neutron Sensing Properties of GAGOC and CMO Scintillators for Shielding Radiation Applications

Table 3

Theoretically and experimentally obtained values of mass attenuation coefficients and effective atomic numbers of the GAGOC and CMO scintillator materials.

(a)

Energy (keV)	Mass attenuation coefficients (μm) (cm^2/g)
	GAGOC		CMO
	This work	Exp. [1]	This work	Exp. [1]
287.30	0.179	0.1896	0.1271	0.1264
340.80	0.142	0.1541	0.1116	0.1108
399.00	0.118	0.1259	0.1006	0.1032
481.60	0.099	0.1034	0.0900	0.0902
562.70	0.087	0.0900	0.0826	0.0843
662.00	0.077	0.0800	0.0758	0.076

(b)

Energy (keV)	Effective atomic numbers (Zeff) (e^−/atom)
	GAGOC		CMO
	This work	Exp. [1]	This work	Exp. [1]
287.30	32.56	38.6	17.79	18.12
340.80	29.95	35.4	17.15	17.32
399.00	28.07	31.91	16.74	17.39
481.60	26.39	29.15	16.40	16.59
562.70	25.37	27.56	16.21	16.66
662.00	24.59	26.64	16.07	16.21