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PHOTON INTERACTION
Atomic number (Z)
100
90
80
70 Photoelectric Pair
60 effect production
50
40 Compton
30 process
20
10
0
0,01 0,1 1 10 100
Photon energy (MeV)
The dominating photon absorption process in different materials of different atomic numbers
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