Absorbed dose calculations for macromolecular crystals: improvements to RADDOSE
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Parameters affecting the X-ray dose absorbed by macromolecular crystals.
The lifetime of a macromolecular crystal in an X-ray beam is assumed to be limited by the absorbed dose. This dose, expressed in Gray (Gy = J kg(-1)), is a function of a number of parameters: the absorption coefficients of the constituent atoms of the crystal, the number of molecules per asymmetric unit, the beam energy, flux, size and profile, the crystal size, and the total irradiation time. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0909-0495
DOI: 10.1107/s0909049508040430