Modified halloysite minerals for radiation shielding purposes

Mansour A., Sayyed M., Mahmoud K. A., ŞAKAR E., Kovaleva E. G.

JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCES, cilt.13, sa.1, ss.94-101, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/16878507.2019.1699680
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.94-101
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Halloysite minerals, shielding factors, MCNP-5 code, ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS, GAMMA, PARAMETERS, XCOM
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Halloysite is a clay mineral found in the natural environment and it has many applications in chemistry and medical fields. The linear attenuation coefficient (mu) for halloysite nanotubes minerals simulated using MCNP 5 code between 0.015 and 15 MeV. Moreover, the linear attenuation coefficient calculated for all selected samples using Phys-X/PDS program. Furthermore, some important shielding parameters that described the penetration and interaction of gamma rays with halloysite atoms, such as the half-value (HVL), effective atomic number (Z(eff)), and exposure buildup factor (EBF) were calculated for gamma rays between 0.015 and 15 MeV.