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. 2015 Jun 10;21(1):8–16. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.05.001

Table 5.

Neutron dose rate (cGy/(h μg)) for soft tissues and tissue-equivalent materials.

Radial distance (cm) Soft tissue (9-component) Soft tissue (4-component) Muscle (skeletal) Brain (grey/white matter) Adipose tissue Blood (whole) Lung tissue A-150 Plexiglass Water
0.3 10.407 10.298 10.407 10.843 11.764 10.385 10.466 10.807 8.779 11.161
0.4 7.083 7.012 7.083 7.376 8.008 7.067 7.122 7.360 5.995 7.589
0.5 5.149 5.099 5.150 5.361 5.822 5.138 5.178 5.354 4.370 5.514
1.0 1.674 1.661 1.675 1.740 1.892 1.670 1.683 1.744 1.433 1.786
2.0 0.451 0.449 0.452 0.467 0.509 0.450 0.453 0.469 0.392 0.478
3.0 0.193 0.194 0.194 0.199 0.217 0.193 0.194 0.199 0.169 0.203
5.0 0.060 0.061 0.060 0.061 0.067 0.060 0.060 0.060 0.053 0.062
7.0 0.025 0.026 0.025 0.025 0.027 0.025 0.025 0.024 0.022 0.025
10.0 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.008 0.007 0.009
12.0 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.005
15.0 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002