A Study on Radiation Shielding Abilities of Some Compounds of 3d Transition Elements by Using Phy-X/PSD Code

Year 2023, Volume: 36 Issue: 2, 898 - 907, 01.06.2023

Zeynep Aygun Murat Aygün

https://doi.org/10.35378/gujs.984496

Cited By: 1

Abstract

In the present study, it was aimed to calculate the radiation-matter interaction parameters of some compounds of 3d transition elements. The radiation attenuation parameters, which are important to have knowledge about the radiation shielding potentials, were calculated by using Phy-X/PSD code in the energy range of 0.01-15 MeV. The calculated mass attenuation coefficient and effective atomic number results were compared with the experimental data which were measured at 19.63 and 22.10 keV previously and, a good agreement was achieved. In order to evaluate the shielding properties of the compounds, we also compared the mass attenuation coefficients of the compounds with ordinary concrete, steel-scrap, ilmenite-limonite and basalt-magnetite, which are widely used as radiation protective materials. According to the obtained results, it is concluded that the studied compounds have radiation shielding potentials.

Keywords

Radiation attenuation parameters, Radiation shielding, 3d transition elements

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