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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 22.
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 UO2a 3.00–9.00 1.275 1.39
Waterb 2.00–9.00 3.627 1.47
< 2.00 5.490 0.81
Beta UO2b 1.00E-02–4.50E-01 1.00E03 1.58
4.50E-01–4.50E00 6.63E02 1.07
Waterb 1.00E-02–4.50E-01 6.69E03 1.70
4.50E-01–4.50E00 4.19E03 1.17
a

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

b

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