Evaluation of gamma-ray attenuation properties of lithium borate glasses doped with barite, limonite and serpentine
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Nergiz Yıldız Yorgun
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Esra Kavaz
Abstract
The values of mass attenuation coefficient, the effective atomic number and the electron density of barite-doped, limonite-doped, serpentine-doped and undoped lithium borate glasses were obtained not only from experimental study using the narrow beam transmission method for 81, 121, 244, 276, 344, 383, 444 and 778 keV gamma energies with Hp-Ge detector, but also therotical work by WinXCom software (1 keV–105 MeV). From the obtained results, all glasses type mass attenuation coefficient values tend to decrease under the condition of increasing energy by means of varied interaction mechanism in different energy regions. In addition, the effect of chemical composition on shielding properties was also investigated. It is inferred that doping element with high atomic number improves the gamma rays shielding properties of system. Among the investigated samples, barite-doped lithium borate glasses have highest value of mass attenuation, which makes barite-doped samples good candidates for artificial radiation application where visual detection is especially required.
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- Frontmatter
- Determination of the stability constants of Pu(VI) carbonate complexes by capillary electrophoresis coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer
- Sequential analysis of uranium and plutonium in environmental matrices by extractive liquid scintillation spectrometry
- A review of the analytical methodology to determine Radium-226 and Radium-228 in drinking waters
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- Effect of gamma irradiation on the structure characteristics and mass attenuation coefficient of MgO nanoparticles
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- Corrigendum to: Uses of alpha particles, especially in nuclear reaction studies and medical radionuclide production
- Corrigendum to: Definitions of radioisotope thick target yields
