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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: mass energy transfer coefficient (of a material for indirectly ionizing particles)
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Symbol: μ tr ρ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHXgaruavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeaaciWacmGadaGadeaabaGaaqaaaOqaamaabmaabaWaaSaaaeaacqaH8oqBdaWgaaWcbaGaaeiDaiaabkhaaeqaaaGcbaGaeqyWdihaaaGaayjkaiaawMcaaaaa@3C7F@
Definition: the quotient of dEtr/EN by ρ dl, where EN is the energy of each particle (excluding rest energy), N is the number of particles, and dEtr/EN is the fraction of incident particle energy that is transferred to kinetic energy of charged particles by interactions in traversing a distance dl in the material of density ρ

μ tr ρ = 1 E N ρ d E tr dl MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHXgaruavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeaaciWacmGadaGadeaabaGaaqaaaOqaamaalaaabaGaeqiVd02aaSbaaSqaaiaacshacaGGYbaabeaaaOqaaiabeg8aYbaacqGH9aqpdaWcaaqaaiaaigdaaeaacaWGfbWaaSbaaSqaaiaad6eaaeqaaOGaeqyWdihaaiabgwSixpaalaaabaGaaeizaiaadweadaWgaaWcbaGaciiDaiaackhaaeqaaaGcbaGaaeizaiaadYgaaaaaaa@4865@

NOTE – For a given monoenergetic radiation, the relationship between kerma (K) and energy fluence (Ψ) may be written

K=Ψ μ tr ρ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHXgaruavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeaaciWacmGadaGadeaabaGaaqaaaOqaaiaadUeacqGH9aqpcqqHOoqwdaWcaaqaaiabeY7aTnaaBaaaleaaciGG0bGaaiOCaaqabaaakeaacqaHbpGCaaaaaa@3E5F@


Publication date:1983-01
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