Photon Shielding Competence of Some Concrete Doped Materials for Nuclear Application
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https://doi.org/10.53797/aseana.v3i2.2.2023Keywords:
Mass attenuation coefficient, standard concrete, WinXCOM software , photon shieldingAbstract
In this study, photon shielding properties of standard concrete (SC), concrete doped ferro boron (CFB), concrete doped boron carbide (CBC), concrete doped galena (CG) and concrete doped ilmenite (CI) were investigated. A theoretical study of the mass attenuation coefficients (MAC) of standard concrete and concrete doped materials were determined by a winXCOM computer program. The radiation shielding parameters such as mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), half value layer (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL) and mean free path (MFP) of the mixture were calculated in the photon energy range of 0.01-10.0 MeV. The MAC values showed a sharp decline as the energy increases to a certain extent and reduces smoothly after that for all the materials investigated. The maximum (minimum) MAC values were 10.88 (0.023), 34.90 (0.024), 15.80 (0.022), 39. 20 (0.027), and 34.50 (0.023) cm2/g for SC, CFB, CBC, CG and CI respectively. The maximum value of LAC was obtained at 0.010 MeV with value of 44.10, 81.22, 20.40, 16.90 and 99.20 cm-1 for SC, CFB, CBC, CG and CI respectively. The MAC and LAC value are in the order of CG > CI> CFB > SC > CBC. The HVL, TVL, and MFP show similar pattern and are in the order of CBC > CI > SC > CFB > CG. The results indicate that adding galena compound into concrete mixture can significantly enhance the photon shielding capability.
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