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Hernandez-Murillo CG, Escalera-Velasco LA, Asael de Leon-Martínez H, Vega-Carrillo HR, Molina Contreras JR, Moreira del Río D, Acevedo DJ. Characteristics, as a shield against ionizing photons, of concrete blocks used in the construction industry. Appl Radiat Isot 2022; 187:110343. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alım B, Özpolat ÖF, Şakar E, Han İ, Arslan İ, Singh V, Demir L. Precipitation-hardening stainless steels: Potential use radiation shielding materials. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Şakar E, Alim B, Fırat Özpolat Ö, Ceviz Şakar B, Baltakesmez A, Akbaba U. A surveying of photon and particle radiation interaction characteristics of some perovskite materials. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Radiation shielding properties of selected alloys using EPICS2017 data library. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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EpiXS: A Windows-based program for photon attenuation, dosimetry and shielding based on EPICS2017 (ENDF/B-VIII) and EPDL97 (ENDF/B-VI.8). Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lakshminarayana G, Elmahroug Y, Kumar A, Tekin HO, Rekik N, Dong M, Lee DE, Yoon J, Park T. Detailed Inspection of γ-ray, Fast and Thermal Neutrons Shielding Competence of Calcium Oxide or Strontium Oxide Comprising Bismuth Borate Glasses. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14092265. [PMID: 33925649 PMCID: PMC8124740 DOI: 10.3390/ma14092265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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For both the B2O3-Bi2O3-CaO and B2O3-Bi2O3-SrO glass systems, γ-ray and neutron attenuation qualities were evaluated. Utilizing the Phy-X/PSD program, within the 0.015–15 MeV energy range, linear attenuation coefficients (µ) and mass attenuation coefficients (μ/ρ) were calculated, and the attained μ/ρ quantities match well with respective simulation results computed by MCNPX, Geant4, and Penelope codes. Instead of B2O3/CaO or B2O3/SrO, the Bi2O3 addition causes improved γ-ray shielding competence, i.e., rise in effective atomic number (Zeff) and a fall in half-value layer (HVL), tenth-value layer (TVL), and mean free path (MFP). Exposure buildup factors (EBFs) and energy absorption buildup factors (EABFs) were derived using a geometric progression (G–P) fitting approach at 1–40 mfp penetration depths (PDs), within the 0.015–15 MeV range. Computed radiation protection efficiency (RPE) values confirm their excellent capacity for lower energy photons shielding. Comparably greater density (7.59 g/cm3), larger μ, μ/ρ, Zeff, equivalent atomic number (Zeq), and RPE, with the lowest HVL, TVL, MFP, EBFs, and EABFs derived for 30B2O3-60Bi2O3-10SrO (mol%) glass suggest it as an excellent γ-ray attenuator. Additionally, 30B2O3-60Bi2O3-10SrO (mol%) glass holds a commensurably bigger macroscopic removal cross-section for fast neutrons (ΣR) (=0.1199 cm−1), obtained by applying Phy-X/PSD for fast neutrons shielding, owing to the presence of larger wt% of ‘Bi’ (80.6813 wt%) and moderate ‘B’ (2.0869 wt%) elements in it. 70B2O3-5Bi2O3-25CaO (mol%) sample (B: 17.5887 wt%, Bi: 24.2855 wt%, Ca: 11.6436 wt%, and O: 46.4821 wt%) shows high potentiality for thermal or slow neutrons and intermediate energy neutrons capture or absorption due to comprised high wt% of ‘B’ element in it.
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- Gandham Lakshminarayana
- Intelligent Construction Automation Center, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Korea
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (D.-E.L.); (J.Y.); (T.P.)
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- Unité de Recherche de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia;
- Ecole Centrale Polytechnique Privée de Tunis, Univesité Centrale, La Goulette 2015, Tunisia
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- Department of Physics, University College, Benra-Dhuri, Punjab 148024, India;
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- Medical Diagnostic Imaging Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates;
- Medical Radiation Research Center (USMERA), Uskudar University, Istanbul 34672, Turkey
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Ha’il, Ha’il 81451, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Resource and Environment, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China;
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- School of Architecture, Civil, Environment and Energy, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sangyeok-dong, Buk-gu, DaeGu 702-701, Korea
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (D.-E.L.); (J.Y.); (T.P.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Ansan 15588, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (D.-E.L.); (J.Y.); (T.P.)
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- Department of Robotics Engineering, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Ansan 15588, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (D.-E.L.); (J.Y.); (T.P.)
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Bismuth modified gamma radiation shielding properties of titanium vanadium sodium tellurite glasses as a potent transparent radiation-resistant glass applications. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2020.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Naseer KA, Marimuthu K, Mahmoud KA, Sayyed MI. Impact of Bi 2O 3 modifier concentration on barium-zincborate glasses: physical, structural, elastic, and radiation-shielding properties. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS 2021; 136:116. [PMID: 33500872 PMCID: PMC7820540 DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-01056-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ABSTRACT A sequence of Bi2O3 varying barium-zincborate (BZX) glasses with the chemical composition (60-x) B2O3-20ZnO-20BaCO3-xBi2O3-0.5Dy2O3 (where x = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 in wt%) is fabricated by melt-quenching method. The fabricated samples were examined for the variation in physical, structural, elastic, and radiation-shielding properties with the Bi2O3 concentration. The structural and compositional evaluations are done using XRD and FTIR spectra. The BZX matrixes consist of the trigonal-planar and tetrahedral groups of borates, BiO3 and BiO6 units of Bi2O3, and the non-bridging oxygen in general. The average single-bond strength values substantiate the increasing ionic nature of the BZX glasses. The variation in the density and molar volume of the BZX series discussed in terms of various structural and elastic properties. The glass-coded BZ15 was found to be the best candidate for the sound-resistant applications based on the atomic packing fraction and the acoustic impedance studies. With MCNP5 simulation, the mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) values of all the samples were calculated and compared with a theoretical approach using the XCOM program. As the amount of Bi2O3 increases, the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) increases with it at all energies. The LAC values varied between 0.2805 and 0.5269 cm-1 for the investigated glasses at 0.81 MeV. BZ30 glass is the more effective shield due to the highest MAC and LAC values. GRAPHIC ABSTRACT
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- K. A. Naseer
- Department of Physics, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed to be University, Gandhigram, 624 302 India
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- Department of Physics, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed to be University, Gandhigram, 624 302 India
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- Ural Federal University, St. Mira, 19, Yekaterinburg, Russia 620002
- Nuclear Materials Authority, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman, Jordan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Aygün B, Şakar E, Singh V, Sayyed M, Korkut T, Karabulut A. Experimental and Monte Carlo simulation study on potential new composite materials to moderate neutron-gamma radiation. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Aygün B, Şakar E, Karabulut A, Alım B, Sayyed MI, Singh VP, Yorgun NY, Özpolat ÖF. Development of SiO2 based doped with LiF, Cr2O3, CoO4 and B2O3 glasses for gamma and fast neutron shielding. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2020-0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this study, the fast neutron and gamma-ray absorption capacities of the new glasses have been investigated, which are obtained by doping CoO,CdWO4,Bi2O3, Cr2O3, ZnO, LiF,B2O3 and PbO compounds to SiO2 based glasses. GEANT4 and FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation codes have been used in the planning of the samples. The glasses were produced using a well-known melt-quenching technique. The effective neutron removal cross-sections, mean free paths, half-value layer, and transmission numbers of the fabricated glasses have been calculated through both GEANT4 and FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation codes. Experimental neutron absorbed dose measurements have been carried out. It was found that GS4 glass has the best neutron protection capacity among the produced glasses. In addition to neutron shielding properties, the gamma-ray attenuation capacities, were calculated using newly developed Phy-X/PSD software. The gamma-ray shielding properties of GS1 and GS2 are found to be equivalent to Pb-based glass.
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- Bünyamin Aygün
- Department of Electronics and Automation , Vocational School, Agi Ibrahim Cecen University , Agri , Turkey
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- Department of Physics , Faculty of Science, Atatürk University , 25040 Erzurum , Turkey
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- Department of Physics , Faculty of Science, Atatürk University , 25040 Erzurum , Turkey
- Agri Ibrahim Cecen University , Ağrı , Turkey
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- Department of Electricity and Energy , Technical Scientific Vocational School, Bayburt University , Bayburt , Turkey
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- Department of Physics , Faculty of Science, Isra University , Amman , Jordan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine Research , Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University , Damman , Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics , Faculty of Science, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University , Van , Turkey
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- Computer Sciences Research and Application Center, Atatürk University , 25240 Erzurum , Turkey
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