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Radiation interaction parameters of commercial building glasses at energies of interest for potential nuclear accidents
Author(s) -
AlHadeethi Yas,
Tijani Saheed A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.16338
Subject(s) - dosimeter , electromagnetic shielding , elemental analysis , radiation , spectroscopy , attenuation , monte carlo method , dosimetry , materials science , radiochemistry , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , atomic physics , physics , nuclear physics , nuclear medicine , optics , inorganic chemistry , medicine , statistics , mathematics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , composite material
Elemental composition, mass attenuation coefficients ( MAC s), effective atomic numbers ( EAN s), and effective electron densities ( EED s) give information about the nuclear applications of materials (dosimetry, shielding, etc.). In this work, MAC of some commercial building glasses were determined using the Win XC om computer program and GATE Monte Carlo code; additionally, EAN and EED of these glasses were also determined using related formulas, after the elemental compositions of the samples were determined by energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy ( EDS ) technique. These properties were determined at 59.5 keV (Am‐241), 380 keV (Ir‐192), 662 keV (Cs‐237), 1173 keV (Co‐60), and 1332 keV (Co‐60). These energies are of interest for any potential nuclear accident. The elemental compositions show the presence of C, O, Na, Mg, Si, and Ca in various percentages; MAC values ranged from about 0.05 to 0.225 cm 2 /g; EAN also ranged from about 9 to 11and EED is almost constant at all energies considered except at 59.5 keV where higher values were shown. The radiation interaction properties of the investigated glasses showed that they could be used as a dosimeters during emergency radiation exposure situations.