Published November 1, 2019 | Version v1
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Determination of radiation attenuation coefficients of BaSO4/PVC and BaSO4/PS for X-ray shielding

Creators

  • 1. Division of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathumthani, 12110 (Thailand)

Description

The X-ray radiation shielding properties of PVC and PS containing BaSO4 at different concentrations were investigated using the beam transmission method for X-ray tube with a CdTe detector. The mass attenuation coefficients (μm) of these shielding materials were calculated. It was found that the μm increased with the increasing of BaSO4 content up to a value of 60% by weight. The highest value of mass attenuation coefficients at 50 kV tube voltage was 5.985 cm2/g for the BaSO4/PVC sheet and 3.991 cm2/g for the BaSO4/PS sheet. The μm values were compared between BaSO4/PVC and BaSO4/PS. The results showed that BaSO4/PVC had better X-ray shielding performance than that for BaSO4/PS. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1380/1/012133

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/1380/1/012133;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
1380
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Siam Physics Congress 2019 on Physics Beyond Disruption Society
Acronym
SPC2019
Dates
6-7 Jun 2019
Place
Songkhla (Thailand)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53063066
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATTENUATION; BARIUM SULFATES; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PERFORMANCE; PVC; SHIELDING; SHIELDING MATERIALS; X RADIATION; X-RAY TUBES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON TUBES; EQUIPMENT; HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SULFATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X-RAY EQUIPMENT