Title: self-shielding
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - self-shielding
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S05587
Status: current

Definition
The lowering of the flux density in the inner part of an object due to absorption in its outer layers.

Related Term
- flux: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/F02461

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 2513. 'Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 2525 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466122513)

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Citation: Citation: 'self-shielding' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.S05587
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