Partial as Well as Total Photon Interaction Effective Atomic Numbers for Some Concretes

Abstract

Photon interaction effective atomic number (Z eff) for partial as well as total photon interaction processes has been computed using logarithmic interpolation method for seven different concretes viz. (i) Ordinary, (ii) Hematite-Serpentine, (iii) Ilmenite-Limonite, (iv) Basalt-magnetite, (v) Ilmenite, (vi) Steel-scrap and (vii) Steel-magnetite concrete in the wide energy range from 10.0 keV to 100 GeV. It has been concluded that this method has an advantage over the atomic to electronic cross-section ratio method especially for mixtures in the intermediate energy level. However, due to lack of experimental data in the higher energy region, it is difficult to discuss, its validity in these energy regions.

A Novel Radiation Shielding Material for Gamma-Ray: The Development of Lutetium Lithium Borate Glasses

“…For practical usage, it is required to compare the HVL value of the lutetium-based glasses to some standard shielding materials. The composition and densities of the standard shielding materials were obtained from literatures [4,19]. It has been observed that the developed glass with 25% of Lu 2 O 3 content posses better shielding properties.…”

Gamma Ray Shielding Characteristics of Borosilicate Glass Containing ZnO from 0.015 to 10 MeV

“…In the previous part, WinXCom calculations were evidently presented. In order to make sense of given results above we compared HVL values at 0.662 and 1.250 MeV energies relating to some heavyweight concrete materials [45], commercial window glass [46] and commercial radiation shielding glasses [47] and our findings as summarized in This phenomenon improves the radiation shielding effectiveness of our glass systems. Not surprisingly, RS 360 and RS 520 products possess slightly lower HVL values against our glass samples, because higher amounts of PbO give rise to a higher density of glass system.…”