MassAttenuationCoefficient

class roentgen.absorption.MassAttenuationCoefficient(material)[source]

Bases: object

The mass attenuation coefficient.

Parameters:

material_str (str) – A string representation of the material which includes an element symbol (e.g. Si), an element name (e.g. Silicon), or the name of a compound (e.g. cdte, mylar).

data

The mass attenuation data values.

Type:

astropy.units.Quantity array

energy

The energy values of the mass attenuation values.

Type:

astropy.units.Quantity

symbol

The material symbol

Type:

str

name

The material name

Type:

str

func

A function which returns the interpolated mass attenuation value at any given energy. Energies must be given by an astropy.units.Quantity.

Type:

lambda func