Physical and nuclear shielding properties of newly synthesized magnesium oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles
Creators
- 1. University of Tabuk, Tabuk (Saudi Arabia)
- 2. University of Sharjah, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
- 3. Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg (Russian Federation)
- 4. Istanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey)
Description
Magnesium oxide (MgO) and Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) have been successfully synthesized by solid–solid reaction method. The structural properties of ZnO and MgO NPs were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). XRD results indicated a formation of pure MgO and ZnO NPs. The mean diameter values of the agglomerated particles were around to be 70 and 50 nm for MgO and ZnO NPs, respectively using SEM analysis. Further, a wide-range of nuclear radiation shielding investigation for gamma-ray and fast neutrons have been studied for Magnesium oxide (MgO) and Zinc oxide (ZnO) samples. FLUKA and Microshield codes have been employed for the determination of mass attenuation coefficients (μm) and transmission factors (TF) of Magnesium oxide (MgO) and Zinc oxide (ZnO) samples. The calculated values for mass attenuation coefficients (μm) were utilized to determine other vital shielding properties against gamma-ray radiation. Moreover, the results showed that Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles with the lowest diameter value as 50 nm had a satisfactory capacity in nuclear radiation shielding
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Journal Volume
- 52
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- 29 refs, 10 figs, 1 tab
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2078-2084
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 52113458
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATTENUATION; F CODES; FAST NEUTRONS; GAMMA RADIATION; M CODES; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MASS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHIELDING; SOLIDS; TRANSMISSION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BARYONS; CHALCOGENIDES; COHERENT SCATTERING; COMPUTER CODES; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEONS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; ZINC COMPOUNDS