Open AccessTheoretical and experimental determination of mass attenuation coefficients of lead-based ceramics and their comparison with simulation
Author(s) -
Alireza Vejdani-Noghreiyan,
Elham Aliakbari,
Atiyeh Ebrahimi-Khankook,
Mahdi Ghasemifard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp1602142v
Subject(s) - ceramic , materials science , mass attenuation coefficient , attenuation , electromagnetic shielding , monte carlo method , diffraction , attenuation coefficient , lead oxide , computational physics , neutron diffraction , shield , flexibility (engineering) , nuclear engineering , analytical chemistry (journal) , composite material , optics , physics , chemistry , mathematics , geology , petrology , statistics , engineering , chromatography
Mass attenuation coefficient of lead-based ceramics have been measured by experimental methods and compared with theoretical and Monte Carlo simulation results. Lead-based ceramics were prepared using mixed oxide method and the X-ray diffraction analysis was done to evaluate the crystal structure of the produced handmade ceramics. The experimental results show good agreement with theoretical and simulation results. However at two gamma ray energies, small differences between experimental and theoretical results have been observed. By adding other additives to ceramics and observing the changes in the shielding properties such as flexibility, one can synthesize and optimize ceramics as a neutron shield