The Determination of mass attenuation coefficients for some of the elements of the first row of the transition series and some of the elements of the lanthanide series over the energy range 26.3 to 2.3 kev

Mass attenuation coefficients have been determined for titanium, vanadium, iron, nickel, and copper over an energy range 17.5 to 2.3 kev and for praseodymium, gadolinium and erbium over the range 26.3 to 4.5 kev. Agreement within experimental error with recent measurements on the transition metals was obtained. There appears to be no published experimental data in the pertinent energy range for comparison with the coefficients determined for the rare earth elements. The precision of the measurements as determined by the relative standard deviation varied from 0.5 per cent to 2.4 per cent. The variation in the precision can be accounted for by non-uniform absorbing foils. The accuracy of the measurements was judged to be in the range two to four per cent of the coefficients reported.The thesis contains a brief description of the theoretical aspects of the phenomena of absorption and describes the X-ray and ancillary instrumentation used for the investigation, the assessment of error in the measurement techniques and the results of the project.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering, Materials

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

1970

Author dc:creator

• Dalton, John Lloyd

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 1970 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/1970-12523

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/27101