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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
We calculated the mean energy required to produce an ion pair (W) in methane-, propane- and butane-based tissue-equivalent (TE) gas mixtures from W values in pure constituent gases according to various models for energy partition among gas components. We found an agreement between the experimental and calculated W values in the methane-based TE gas regardless of the model concept. In contrast, only those models which take into account differences in the stopping powers, total ionization cross sections and model constants of gas components give acceptable results for the propane-based TE gas. The calculated W value for high-energy electrons in the isobutane-based TE gas mixture is 25.2 eV for high-energy electrons and 28.0 eV for approximately 5 MeV alpha particles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0033-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A comparison of calculated and measured W values in tissue-equivalent gas mixtures.
pubmed:affiliation
Rudjer Boskovi? Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't