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Photon attenuation properties of some concretes containing barite and colemanite in different rates
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In this article, the authors evaluated the radiation shielding properties of concretes containing barite and colemanite in different rates by using 133 Ba (80.99 and 303 keV), and 241 Am (59.54 keV) radioactive sources.About:
This article is published in Annals of Nuclear Energy.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 39 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Colemanite & Mean free path.read more
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Heavy metal oxide glasses as gamma rays shielding material
TL;DR: A detailed study on different heavy metal (56Ba, 64Gd, 82Pb, 83Bi) oxide glasses has been presented on the basis of different gamma rays shielding parameters as reported by different researchers in the recent years as discussed by the authors.
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Study of gamma radiation attenuation properties of some selected ternary alloys
TL;DR: In this paper, the gamma ray shielding performance of Fe/Cr16/Ni72, Fe/cr21/Ni32.5, Fe/(Cr25/Ni20, Fe(Cr18/Ni10) and Fe)/Cr17/Ni7 ternary alloys was investigated.
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Comparative shielding properties of some tellurite glasses: Part 2
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the shielding properties among 21 tellurite glass samples in the form of TeO2-V2O5, TeO 2-V 2O5-TiO2, Te O2- V 2O 5-CeO2 and Te O 2 V 2 O5-ZnO.
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Structural and radiation shielding properties of chromium oxide doped borosilicate glass
TL;DR: Chromium oxide (Cr2O3)-doped borosilicate (BS) glasses were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy techniques.
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Gamma ray shielding properties of PbO-B2O3-P2O5 doped with WO3
TL;DR: In this paper, a WO 3-based glass system in composition (100- x )[0.1B 2 O 3 -0.4P 2 O 5 −0.5PbO]- x WO3 where x ǫ = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 mmol% were prepared for gamma ray shielding properties and the emitted gamma ray has been detected by 3 × 3 inch NaI (Tl) scintillation detector.
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PENELOPE-2006: A Code System for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport
TL;DR: The PENELOPE as mentioned in this paper computer code system performs Monte Carlo simulation of coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary materials for a wide energy range, from a few hundred eV to about 1 GeV.
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Calculation of radiation attenuation coefficients for shielding concretes
TL;DR: Theoretical calculations have been performed in order to obtain the mass attenuation coefficients and the linear attenuation coefficient at photon energies from 10 keV to 1 GeV for ordinary, hematite-serpentine, ilmenite-limonite, basalt-magnetite, steel-scrap and steel magnetite concretes as mentioned in this paper.
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X-ray absorption in matter. Reengineering XCOM
TL;DR: A Windows version of XCOM, the well-known program for calculating X-ray and gamma-ray attenuation coefficients and interaction cross sections, has been developed as mentioned in this paper, called WinXCom.
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Radiation shielding of concretes containing different aggregates
TL;DR: In this paper, the shielding of γ-rays by concrete has been investigated for concretes containing different amounts of barite and normal weight aggregates, and the linear attenuation coefficients ( μ, cm −1 ) have been calculated at photon energies of 1-keV to 100-GeV using XCOM.
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Photon attenuation coefficients of concrete includes barite in different rate
TL;DR: In this article, the photon attenuation coefficients of barite and concrete produced with barite have been investigated and compared with the corresponding property of lead as the standard shielding material for 1 −keV −1 −1 ǫ energy.