A study of photon interaction in some building materials: High-volume admixture of blast furnace slag into Portland cement

KURUDİREK M., Turkmen I., Ozdemir Y.

RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, vol.78, no.9, pp.751-759, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 78 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.070
  • Journal Name: RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.751-759
  • Keywords: Portland cement, Blast furnace slag, Mass attenuation coefficient, X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION, EFFECTIVE ATOMIC-NUMBER, MASS ATTENUATION, DIFFERENT ENERGIES, SILICA FUME, COEFFICIENTS, ABSORPTION, DEPENDENCE, VALIDITY, ELEMENTS
  • Ataturk University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Total mass attenuation coefficients, mean free paths (MFP), half-value (HVT) and tenth-value (TVT) thicknesses of Portland cement and three mixtures have been Calculated in function of the energy from I keV to 100 GeV. Both in the low- and high-energy region there were significant variations in those parameters where photoelectric process and pair production partially dominates, respectively. In general, the attenuation parameters were found to vary with chemical composition, density of given material and photon energy. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.