Attenuation properties of radiation shielding materials such as granite and marble against gamma-ray energies between 80 and 1350 keV

EKE C., Ağar O., SEGEBADE C., BOZTOSUN İ.

RADIOCHIMICA ACTA, cilt.105, sa.10, ss.851-863, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 105 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/ract-2016-2690
  • Dergi Adı: RADIOCHIMICA ACTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.851-863
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: gamma-ray attenuation, HPGe detector, radiation shielding, granite and marble, BUILDING-MATERIALS, COEFFICIENTS, CONCRETE, SAMPLES, TURKEY, CLAY
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the gamma-ray energy-dependent mass and linear attenuation coefficients of various granite and Turkish marble species have been experimentally obtained. Radionuclides (Ba-133, Cs-137, Co-60 and Na-22) with point geometry were used as gamma-ray sources. The absorption capacity of each sample at nine.-ray energies was measured using a high resolution gamma-ray spectrometer equipped with a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. To obtain the precision of the results (1s standard deviation of the single value), this procedure was repeated six times for each species of granite and marble, respectively. The energy-dependent mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), the half (HVL) and the tenth value layer (TVL) were calculated following that the MAC and LAC results were compared to the literature values.