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A new empirical formula is proposed for mass attenuation and energy absorption coefficients in the region 1 <Z< 92 and from 1 keV to 20 MeV. The mass attenuation and energy absorption coefficients do not varies linearly with energy. We have performed the nonlinear regressions/nonlinear least square fittings and proposed the simple empirical relations between mass attenuation coefficients (μ/ρ) and mass energy absorption coefficients (μ en /ρ) and energy. We have compared the values produced by this formula with that of experiments. A good agreement of present formula with the experiments/previous models suggests that the present formulae could be used to evaluate mass attenuation and energy absorption coefficients in the region 1 <Z< 92. This formula is a model-independent formula and is first of its kind that produces a mass attenuation and energy absorption coefficient values with the only simple input of energy for wide energy range 1 keV–20 MeV in the atomic number region 1 <Z< 92. This formula is very much useful in the fields of radiation physics and dosimetry.
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Manjunatha, H.C., Seenappa, L., Sridhar, K.N. et al. Empirical formulae for mass attenuation and energy absorption coefficients from 1 keV to 20 MeV. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 235 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-70679-7
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