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E. E. MORRIS, A. B. CHILTON, A. F VETTER
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 56 | Number 2 | February 1975 | Pages 171-178
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26655
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Buildup factors for energy deposition in water and aluminum and for exposure in concrete are presented for monoenergetic, point isotropic gamma-ray sources. The buildup fac. tors were evaluated using the method of moments and are tabulated for energies from 0.03 to 10 MeV and distances out to 50 mean -free-paths from the source. Empirical representations of these buildup factors are developed using Berger’s formula. Fitting parameters are tabulated for each material as a function of source energy.
