Research Article

A Comprehensive Study on Gamma Rays and Fast Neutron Sensing Properties of GAGOC and CMO Scintillators for Shielding Radiation Applications

Table 2

Effective atomic numbers of the GAGOC and CMO scintillators corresponding to the K-absorption edge energies of the constituent elements.

Sample IDElementK-edge
Zeff lowerZeff upper

GAGOCAl (0.0505)a37.4835.01
Ga (0.1960)56.0647.38
Ce (0.1313)47.3250.96
Gd (0.4421)50.2357.95
CMOCa (0.2003)32.4827.88
Mo (0.4796)29.0338.36

aRefers to the elemental composition (%).