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The absorption coefficient of given materials is the parameter required for the basic information. The measurement of absorption coefficient of compounds Al2O3, CaCO3, ZnO2, SmO2 and PbO has been taken at different incident photon energies 26, 59.54, 112, 1173, 1332keV. The studies involve the measurements of absorption coefficient of the self supporting samples prepared under different mechanical stress. This mechanical stress is render in terms of pressure up to 0-6 ton by using hydraulic press. Measurements shows that absorption coefficient of a material is directly proportional to applied mechanical stress on it up to some extent then become independent. Experimentally measured results are in fairly good agreement with in theoretical values obtained from WinXCOM.

Bremsstrahlung spectra in thick targets of Mo and Pt, produced by beta emitter 90Sr (end point energy = 546 keV) have been studied in the photon energy range of 1-100 keV. The experimentally measured bremsstrahlung spectra measured with Si(Li) detector were compared with the theoretical spectral distributions calculated from Elwert corrected (non relativistic) Bethe-Heitler [EBH] theory, modified Elwert factor (relativistic) Bethe-Heitler (FmodBH) theory for ordinary bremsstrahlung (OB) and the modified Elwert factor (relativistic) Bethe-Heitler (FmodBH+PB) theory, which includes the polarization bremsstrahlung (PB) into total bremsstrahlung (BS). The present results indicate the correctness of FmodBH+PB theory in the low energy region, where the contributions of PB into BS are dominant, which is described in terms of stripped atom (SA) approximation. But at the middle and higher energy region of the bremsstrahlung spectrum, where the contribution of PB is negligible, the FmodBH theory is more close to the experimental results. Hence, it is clear that the production of PB in the low energy region, due to the dynamic response of the target atom suppresses the production of bremsstrahlung at higher energy ends.

Basal (non-stimulated) tears that are produced by accessory lacrimal glands located in conjunctiva of human eye, form tear film which in turn keeps the eye moist and lubricate; nourishes the eye; protects the eye from dust, bacterial infection and shear forces generated during eye movements and blinking; and provides a refractive surface on the corneal epithelium. Film is known to contain water, mucin, lipids, lysozyme, glucose, urea, sodium etc. In present communication, loss tangent of human tear film has been determined at 9.8 GHz microwaves by employing cavity perturbation technique at a temperature of 37°C. The basal tears from a small population comprising six subjects were collected and average value of loss tangent is reported. Slater’s technique was used to reduce the error caused in measuring the volume of sample. The determined values are useful to study the biological effects of microwaves on tear film as well as other parts of human eye such as eye lens and lens epithelial cells. To the best of author’s knowledge, no such study is available in literature at any radio as well as microwave frequencies; therefore present determinations are first of its kind.