Open AccessCALCULATION OF GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION PARAMETERS FOR ALUMINIUM, IRON, ZIRCONIUM, AND TUNGSTEN
Author(s) -
Hiwa Mohammad Qadr
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problems of atomic science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1562-6016
pISSN - 1682-9344
DOI - 10.46813/2020-129-060
Subject(s) - tungsten , electromagnetic shielding , attenuation , half value layer , aluminium , zirconium , materials science , mean free path , radiation shielding , gamma ray , radiation , nuclear physics , physics , metallurgy , composite material , optics , electron
The purpose of this study was to determine the linear attenuation coecient, the mass attenuation coecient, Half Value Layer. Tenth Value Layer and Mean Free Path for four dierent shielding materials such as aluminium, iron, zirconium and tungsten. By using the gamma-radiation energies emitted from 152Eu, 22Na, 137Cs, and 60Co radioactive sources. For this purpose, the attenuation measurements were performed using NaI(TI) detector. Calculated values of all parameters of the all shielding materials were compared with each other. The results of all presented parameters show that, tungsten has the best radiation shielding compared to other shielding materials. Then, the obtained parameters were compared with the theoretical values.