EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE GAMMA-RAY ANGULAR DOSE ALBEDOS OF CONCRETE, ALUMINUM AND STEEL

Abstract

The angular distribution of dose albedo was measured for semi- infinite concrete, aluminum and steel slabs irradiated by plane-parallel beams of Co(60) and Cs(137) gamma photons. The photons were incident on the slabs at angles, measured from a normal to the slab, of arccos 1.00, 0.75 and 0.50. For the necessary sensitivity, the reflected dose rate was measured by a digital dosimetry system using a plastic scintillator as the detector. An empirical formula for angular dose albedo was derived from the experimental data. Comparisons are made with the Monte Carlo calculations of D. J. Raso and the experimental results of C. E. Clifford.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 06, 1964
Accession Number
AD0452958

Entities

People

  • L. G. Haggmark
  • N. E. Scofield
  • T. H. Jones
  • W. J. Gurney

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Conversion
  • Converters
  • Current Density
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dose Rate
  • Dosimeters
  • Experimental Data
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Shielding

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.