Half-value thickness

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-005075",
  "term": "Half-value thickness",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The thickness of a specified material required to reduce the intensity of incident radiation to one-half of its original value. This parameter is specific to the type and energy of the radiation and the absorbing material. It is commonly used in radiation shielding calculations and dosimetry.",
  "synonyms": [
    "half thickness",
    "half-value layer thickness"
  ],
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 69. 'Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 82 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0302)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/half-value-thickness/"
}