Investigation of gamma radiation shielding properties of various ores

B Oto, N Yıldız, F Akdemir, E Kavaz - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Mass attenuation coefficients (μ/ρ, cm 2/g) for some pellet samples produced using barite,
magnetite, limonite, hematite and serpentine ores at 81, 276, 302, 356, 383 keV photons …

A comprehensive study on radiation shielding characteristics of Tin-Silver, Manganin-R, Hastelloy-B, Hastelloy-X and Dilver-P alloys

B Alım - Applied Physics A, 2020 - Springer
In this study, it is aimed to investigate alloys that can replace lead and its derivatives in terms
of radiation shielding. A new alternative shielding material must have optimum properties …

Neutron shielding qualities and gamma ray buildup factors of concretes containing limonite ore

B Oto, N Yıldız, T Korkut, E Kavaz - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2015 - Elsevier
Neutron dose transmissions for fast neutrons produced by 5.486 MeV alpha particles on
beryllium are measured in concrete samples with and without limonite ore to investigate …

Evaluation the gamma, charged particle and fast neutron shielding performances of some important AISI-coded stainless steels: Part II

B Alım, E Şakar, İ Han, MI Sayyed - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
This is the second part of a two-part study on the investigation of radiation shielding
performances of some important AISI-coded stainless steels (AISI-302, 304, 321 and 430) …

A detailed investigation of gamma-ray energy absorption and dose buildup factor for soft tissue and tissue equivalents using Monte Carlo simulation

MM Rafiei, H Tavakoli-Anbaran, M Kurudirek - Radiation Physics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, the gamma-ray energy absorption buildup factor for water and dose
buildup factor for soft tissue (ICRU 4-component), A-150 tissue-equivalent plastic …

Determination of γ-ray energy transfer buildup factor in water and some human tissues using Monte Carlo simulation

M Mohammad Rafiei, H Noori, S Parsaei, M Nasiripour - Pramana, 2023 - Springer
The photon buildup factors have been proposed to consider the produced secondary photon
sources during the interactions of γ-rays with the material. In the study of γ-ray dosimetry and …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of buildup factors for some human tissues using both MCNP5 and Phy-X/PSD

MM Alda'ajeh, JM Sharaf, HH Saleh… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In this article, Exposure Buildup Factor (EBF) and the Energy Absorption Buildup
Factor (EABF) have been determined for blood, brain, and muscle using the Monte Carlo …

Gamma ray buildup factors for conventional shielding materials and buildup factors computed for tungsten with a thickness beyond 40 mean free paths

P Basu, R Sarangapani, B Venkatraman - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, gamma ray buildup factors were investigated for conventional shielding
materials such as lead, iron, concrete, and tungsten based on standard formulations in order …

Photon buildup factors in some dosimetric materials for heterogeneous radiation sources

M Kurudirek - Radiation and environmental biophysics, 2014 - Springer
Effective photon energy absorption (EABF eff) and exposure buildup factors (EBF eff) have
been calculated based on the effective energy concept, for some dosimetric materials such …

Calculation of the exposure buildup factors for x-ray photons with continuous energy spectrum using Monte Carlo code

MM Rafiei, H Tavakoli-Anbaran - Journal of Radiological …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Exposure buildup factors are very important for the calculation of radiation shielding and
also applied radiation. We must distinguish the monoenergetic and continuous energy …