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A comparison study for mass attenuation coefficients of some amino acids using MCNP code

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From the journal Kerntechnik Volume 82 Issue 3

Abstract

In this study, a novel model of MCNP4C code reported recently was used to determine the photon mass attenuation coefficients of some amino acids at energies, 123, 360, 511, 662, 1170, 1280 and 1330 keV. The simulation results were compared with the XCOM data. It was indicated that the results were highly close to the calculated XCOM values. Obtained results were used to calculate the molar extinction coefficient. All the results showed the convenience and usefulness of the model in calculation of mass attenuation coefficients of amino acids.

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In dieser Studie wurde ein neuartiges Modell des MCNP4C-Codes verwendet um die Photon-Massendämpfungskoeffizienten von einigen Aminosäuren bei den Energien 123, 360, 511, 662, 1170, 1280 und 1330 keV zu bestimmen. Die Simulationsergebnisse wurden mit den XCOM-Daten verglichen. Es zeigte, dass die Ergebnisse sehr nahe an den berechneten XCOM-Werten liegen. Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse wurden verwendet, um den molaren Extinktionskoeffizienten zu berechnen. Alle Ergebnisse zeigen die Zweckmäßigkeit und die Nützlichkeit des Modells bei der Berechnung der Massendämpfungskoeffizienten von Aminosäuren.

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Received: 2016-11-28
Published Online: 2017-06-14
Published in Print: 2017-07-26

© 2017, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/124.110678

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents/Inhalt
  2. Contents
  3. Summaries/Kurzfassungen
  4. Summaries
  5. Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
  6. SIMULATE-3 K coupled code applications
  7. Application of the new IAPWS Guideline on the fast and accurate calculation of steam and water properties with the Spline-Based Table Look-Up Method (SBTL) in RELAP-7
  8. Simulation of water hammer phenomena using the system code ATHLET
  9. New version of the reactor dynamics code DYN3D for Sodium cooled Fast Reactor analyses
  10. Sensitivity analysis for thermo-hydraulics model of a Westinghouse type PWR: verification of the simulation results
  11. Calculation of the fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity considering non-uniform radial temperature distribution in the fuel rod
  12. The effect of boron dilution transient on the VVER-1000 reactor core using MCNP and COBRA-EN codes
  13. Modelling of the spent fuel heat-up in the spent fuel pools using one-dimensional system codes and CFD codes
  14. Optimization and analysis of the effects of physical parameters in a TRIGA-ADSR
  15. A comparison study for mass attenuation coefficients of some amino acids using MCNP code
  16. Validation of radioactive isotope activity measurement in homogeneous waste drum using Monte Carlo codes
  17. Study of the response reduction of LiF:Mg, Ti dosimeter for high dose dosimetry
  18. Non-contact micro mass evaluation method using an X-ray microscope
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