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half-value thickness (HVT)
The thickness of a given material which will absorb half the gamma radiation incident upon it. This thickness is inversely proportional to its density and also depends on the energy of the gamma rays.
- Besedna vrsta: noun
- Industrija/področje: Military
- Category: Missile defense
- Company: U.S. DOD
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