Comparison of Monte Carlo simulation of gamma ray attenuation coefficients of amino acids with XCOM program and experimental data

• Published in: Results in physics Vol. 9; pp. 6 - 11
• Main Authors: Elbashir, B.O., Dong, M.G., Sayyed, M.I., Issa, Shams A.M., Matori, K.A., Zaid, M.H.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: Amino acids; MCNP5 simulations; Radiation properties; XCOM program; Amino acids; XCOM program; Radiation properties; MCNP5 simulations

•The (μ/ρ), (Zeff) and (Ne) of some amino acids were calculated using MCNP5 simulations in the energy range 0.122–1.330 MeV.•The values of mean free path (MFP), μ/ρ, Zeff, and Ne were calculated using MCNP5 program and compared with the XCOM results.•MCNP5 code provides good photon interaction param...