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Published in final edited form as: Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993. 2015 Jun 11;115:127–134. doi: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.06.011

Table A.2.

Energy-range equations and b-values used in calculations.

Radiation type	Material	Energy range (MeV)	h	b- Value
Alpha	UO₂^a	3.00–9.00	1.275	1.39
	Water^b	2.00–9.00	3.627	1.47
		< 2.00	5.490	0.81
Beta	UO₂^b	1.00E-02–4.50E-01	1.00E03	1.58
		4.50E-01–4.50E00	6.63E02	1.07
	Water^b	1.00E-02–4.50E-01	6.69E03	1.70
		4.50E-01–4.50E00	4.19E03	1.17

Data from Nucleonica Range and Stopping Power application using a user defined compound of UO₂ (Nucleonica GmbH, 2014a).

Data from NIST ASTAR and ESTAR databases (Berger et al., 2005).