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The components of dose due to 1 H(n, γ) 2 D, 14 N(n, p) 14 C and proton recoils have been resolved experimentally for D, D and D, T neutron beams in tissue. Some modifications to the theory of Snyder and Neufeld are necessary to account for discrepancies in the proton recoil depth dose and the position of the peak thermal neutron dose. Isodose curves are presented for various beam sizes. A simple technique for measuring proton recoil quality factors with a plastic phosphor Bragg-Gray detector is described, and the quality factor for the total dose from 14 MeV neutrons is deduced to be 8·5.
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