Published July 1988
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Journal article
Biological effectiveness of 22 MeV fast neutrons
Description
Biological effectiveness of fast neutrons of a mean energy of 22 MeV obtained by the reaction d(50 MeV) → Be, measured by the death rate, was substantially lower than that of division spectrum neutrons of a mean energy of 1.2 MeV. LD50/30 of the division spectrum neutrons was within 2.57±0.07 Gy and that of 22 MeV fast neutrons 4.79±0.13 Gy. The RBE coefficient for the studied neutrons was 1.34±0.05 as estimated by LD50/30 and 1.5±0.1 as determined by D37 for a cell model of radiation affection
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Биологическая эффективность быстрых нейтронов со средней энергией 22 МэВ
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiobiologiya
- Journal Volume
- 28
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Radiobiologiya.
- Journal Page Range
- 520-524
- ISSN
- 0033-8192
- CODEN
- RADOA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- USSR
- INIS RN
- 20029344
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTINOMYCES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELL CULTURES; COBALT 60; COLONY FORMATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FAST NEUTRONS; LIFE SPAN; MALES; MEV RANGE 01-10; MEV RANGE 10-100; MICE; RBE; SURVIVAL CURVES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COBALT ISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MEV RANGE; MICROORGANISMS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RODENTS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES