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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2024000400401</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31349/revmexfis.70.040401</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Radiation shielding parameterizations of FeSO4, CuSO4, NiSO4 and ZnSO4 Compounds: using (XRF) technique and Monte Carlo FLUKA approach]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Majeed]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. A.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministry of Education  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Iraq</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>70</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2024000400401&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2024000400401&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2024000400401&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) for different sulphate compounds can be estimated by using the Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF), also known as X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) technique. The X-ray photons emitted have different energies depending on incident photon energy, atomic weight, and molecular structure of tested material. The excitation energy of the gamma rays source with 59.53 keV was obtained by using 241Am (40 &#956;ci). The (MAC) for sulphate compounds of a different element (Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn) have been calculated by measuring the intensity difference for k&#945; in pure elements and their compounds. The determined results showed that the maximum value for (&#956;m) was in FeSO4. These results are consistent with the theoretical value obtained by the XCOM software in addition to investigating the wide energy response of photon interaction with the introduced compounds using the FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation software. The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) of these compounds is numerically evaluated in the energy range 0.015-15 MeV using the FLAIR code. The computed (&#956;m) is used to generate significant radiation protection factors such as the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), half-layer value (HVL), effective (Zeff), and equivalent (Zeq) atomic number. For studying the shielding effectiveness and efficiency, for fast and thermal neutron radiation, the removal cross-section &#425;R was given.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sulphate compounds]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mass attenuation coefficient (&#956;m) and FLUKA Monte Carlo approach]]></kwd>
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