Gamma ray shielding study of barium-bismuth-borosilicate glasses

Document Type : Conference Paper

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Northwest Research Complex (Bonab), Radiation Applications Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

With the widespread use of radiation sources and radioactive materials in medicine, industry and agriculture, the study of the attenuation and absorption of X-rays and gamma rays and shielding against them has become an essential and important branch in the field of radiation protection. In this research, linear and mass attenuation coefficients, effective atomic numbers and effective electron density of barium-bismuth-borosilicate glasses at energies of 662, 1173 and 1332 KeV are calculated using the MCNP4C code and XCOM program. Then obtained results are compared with available experimental data. Barium-bismuth-borosilicate glasses showed very good shielding properties against gamma rays.

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