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Gamma-0.1000 — Water

Shielding Material
Water
Radiation Energy Key
GAMMA#0.1000
Hvl CM (cm)
4.059
Tvl CM (cm)
13.485
Buildup Factor 10MFP (dimensionless)
2.63
Buildup Factor 1MFP (dimensionless)
1.26
Buildup Factor 2MFP (dimensionless)
1.46
Buildup Factor 5MFP (dimensionless)
1.98
Density G per CM3 (g/cm3)
1
Energy MeV (MeV)
0.1
Linear Attenuation Coefficient per CM (1/cm)
0.1707
Mass Attenuation Coefficient CM2 per G (cm2/g)
0.1707
Mean Free Path CM (cm)
5.858
Radiation Type
Gamma
Standard
Nist Xcom 2020 (physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/ComTab/water.html); ANS/ANS-6.4.3-1991

Source: NIST XCOM 2020 (physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/ComTab/water.html); ANS/ANS-6.4.3-1991

water — radiation energy key gamma#0.1000 · energy MeV 0.1 MeV · linear attenuation coefficient per cm 0.1707 1/cm · mass attenuation coefficient cm2 per g 0.1707 cm2/g · TVL cm 13.485 cm | Nuclear Shielding Attenuation | Engineering Database