Abstract
Values of physical parameters and correction factors essential for the absolute measurement of air kerma in 137Cs and 60Co γ-ray fields were obtained using an EGS5 program for spherical, cylindrical and pancake ionization chambers. The mean mass collision stopping power ratio for graphite and air, was found to vary depending on the cutoff energy of electrons employed in calculation. The ratio between the energies deposited in cavity air due to Compton electrons emitted from the air and those from the graphite wall increases as the chamber size is increased. It also increases as the γ-ray energy is reduced and is equal to 0.09 for 137Cs γ-rays in a spherical ionization chamber of cavity diameter 12 cm. Correction factors for γ-ray attenuation in chamber walls and those for the contribution of scattered γ-rays to chamber responses were obtained separately. The wall correction factor, which is equal to the product of these two factors, is close to unity for pancake chambers.
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