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Summary of wall-absorption correction factors
| Chamber | Radial wall thickness (g·cm−2) |
Correction to zero wall | Correction per unit thickness (%·g−1·cm2) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Co | 137Cs | 60Co | 137Cs | ||
| 50–1 | 0.632 | 1.0227 | 1.0272 | 3.59 | 4.30 |
| 50–2 | .880 | 1.0319 | 1.0384 | 3.63 | 4.36 |
| 50–3 | 1.060 | 1.0387 | 1.0467 | 3.65 | 4.40 |
| 30 | 0.653 | 1.0220 | 1.0249 | 3.37 | 3.81 |
| 10 | .647 | 1.0216 | 1.0260 | 3.34 | 4.02 |
| 1 | .688 | 1.0168 | 1.0199 | 2.44 | 2.89 |
