title: Influence of the chemical composition on gamma ray attenuation by fatty acids.
abstract: The dependence of gamma ray attenuation on the chemical composition of fatty acids is investigated in the energy range from 10(-3) to 10(5) MeV. The mass attenuation coefficients (muF) and effective atomic numbers (Zeff) have been calculated for 27 different fatty acids. They show appreciable variation with the chemical composition of fatty acids in the region of gamma ray energies from 10(-3) to 10(5) MeV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bhandal
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005720:Gamma Rays
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids