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Experimental and Simulation Results of the Self-Absorption Correction Factors of Some Chemical Fertilizers in the Energy Range from 80 to 1332 keV

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The purpose of this study is to calculate self-absorption correction factors of some chemical fertilizers used in Antalya in Turkey. Eight different types of chemical fertilizers with densities varying from 1.043 to 1.485 g cm–3 were investigated by Monte Carlo simulations and experimentally using the Transmission Method. Self-absorption correction factors of some chemical fertilizers were calculated experimentally using point sources which are 133Ba, 137Cs, 22Na and 60Co in the energy range from 80 to 1332 keV. The point source emissions were counted for 1000 seconds using a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. Spectra were analyzed using computer software. Self-absorption correction factors versus energy graphics were obtained and compared with those of air and ultrapure water. The self-absorption correction factor versus energy graphics were obtained and fitted. Experimental and simulation results of the self-absorption correction factors of some chemical fertilizers were obtained and compared in the energy range from 80 to 1332 keV.

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Canel Eke gratefully acknowledges the support of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for the 2224-A-International Scientific Meetings Fellowship Program.

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    C. Eke

  2. Faculty of Science, Akdeniz University, 07058, Antalya, Turkey

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Eke, C., Yildirim, A. Experimental and Simulation Results of the Self-Absorption Correction Factors of Some Chemical Fertilizers in the Energy Range from 80 to 1332 keV. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 84, 1012–1021 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873820080122

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