Published July 2019 | Version v1
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Comparison of experimental and theoretical radiation shielding parameters of several environmentally friendly materials

Creators

  • 1. Bingöl University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Electronic Communication Technology (Turkey)
  • 2. Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Department of Physics (Turkey)
  • 3. Giresun University, Department of Physics, Arts and Sciences Faculty (Turkey)
  • 4. University of Tabuk, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science (Saudi Arabia)

Description

In this study, the gamma radiation shielding features of several environmentally friendly materials were investigated. For this purpose, several attenuation parameters, such as the mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ), radiation protection efficiency (RPE), and effective atomic number (Zeff) were determined experimentally and compared with numerical data obtained using WinXCom software. In the measurements, the emitted gamma photons were counted by a gamma spectrometer equipped with an HPGe detector using 22Na, 54Mn, 57Co, 60Co, 133Ba, and 137Cs radioactive point sources in the energy region of 81–1333 keV. The obtained results indicate that the μ/ρ and RPE values of the samples decrease with an increase in photon energy. The experimental values are in good agreement with those obtained using WinXCom software. The RPE and Zeff results show that among the studied materials, the NaY0.77Yb0.20Er0.03F4 sample has the best gamma radiation shielding effectiveness.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/s41365-019-0631-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Science and Techniques
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
ISSN
1001-8042
CODEN
NSETEC

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51083792
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ATOMIC NUMBER; ATTENUATION; BARIUM 133; CESIUM 137; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; COMPUTER CODES; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; KEV RANGE; MANGANESE 54; NUMERICAL DATA; PHOTONS; POINT SOURCES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHIELDING; SODIUM 22
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BARIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BOSONS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DATA; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MANGANESE ISOTOPES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SODIUM ISOTOPES; SPECTROMETERS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Copyright (c) 2019 China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (Science Press), Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Nuclear Society and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.