Polymeric composite materials for radiation shielding: a review

CV More, Z Alsayed, MS Badawi, AA Thabet… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The rising use of radioactive elements is increasing radioactive pollution and calling for
advanced materials to protect individuals. For instance, polymers are promising due to their …

X-ray and γ-ray shielding efficiency of polymer composites: choice of fillers, effect of loading and filler size, photon energy and multifunctionality

S Prabhu, SG Bubbly, SB Gudennavar - Polymer Reviews, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Use of X-rays and γ-rays have become inevitable in medical sectors like radiology,
interventional cardiology and diagnostic imaging, radiation physics laboratories, nuclear …

Optical and radiation shielding effectiveness of a newly fabricated WO3 doped TeO2–B2O3 glass system

JS Alzahrani, A Sharma, SN Nazrin, ZA Alrowaili… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of WO 3 doping on optical and shielding
properties of TeO 2 B 2 O 3 glass system. A new glass series of [(TeO 2) 0.7 (B 2 O 3) 0.3 …

Development, characterization, and properties of polymeric nanoarchitectures for radiation attenuation

UC Okonkwo, CI Idumah, CE Okafor… - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2022 - Springer
Radiation induces deterioration to life, the environment and electronic gadgets. Also, the
escalating quests in use of radioactive entities has induced increased radioactive hazards …

Micro Pb filled polymer composites: Theoretical, experimental and simulation results for γ-ray shielding performance

O Kilicoglu, CV More, F Akman, K Dilsiz, H Oğul… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Researches on advanced composites to protect environment health towards radioactive
pollution have drawn attention with the rising use of radioactive elements. From this point …

New approach to removal of hazardous Bypass Cement Dust (BCD) from the environment: 20Na2O-20BaCl2-(60-x) B2O3-(x) BCD glass system and Optical …

AI Elazaka, HMH Zakaly, SAM Issa, M Rashad… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present work, aiming to collaborate in the removal of Bypass Cement Dust (BCD) from
the environment, we studied a system consisting of three glasses prepared from analytical …

Nuclear radiation shielding performance of borosilicate glasses: Numerical simulations and theoretical analyses

O Kilicoglu, F Akman, H Ogul, O Agar, U Kara - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The photon shielding performances of five different borosilicate-based glasses were
investigated in this study using the FLUKA, GEANT4 and MATLAB codes, as well as the …

Modern heavyweight concrete shielding: Principles, industrial applications and future challenges; review

CC Ban, MA Khalaf, M Ramli, NM Ahmed… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy weight concrete (HWC) is one of the most used artificial materials for the embodiment
of special infrastructures such as nuclear power, medical, nuclear science and industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Study on gamma radiation attenuation and non-ionizing shielding effectiveness of niobium-reinforced novel polymer composite

F Akman, H Ogul, I Ozkan, MR Kaçal, O Agar… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advanced radiation applications have been widely used and extended to many fields. As a
result of this fact, choosing an appropriate shielding material based on the radiation …

Lead (II) chloride effects on nuclear shielding capabilities of polymer composites

F Özkalaycı, MR Kaçal, O Agar, H Polat… - Journal of Physics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the radiation shielding capacity of undoped polymer composite and
lead (II) chloride (PbCl 2)-containing polymer composite samples. The PbCl 2 and polyester …