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Theoretical Investigation of Fast Neutron and Gamma Radiation Properties of Polycarbonate-Bismuth Oxide Composites Using Geant4

Authors :
Hanan Akhdar
Source :
Nanomaterials, Vol 12, Iss 20, p 3577 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

The gamma mass (µm) and linear (µ) attenuation coefficients of polycarbonate-bismuth oxide composites (PC-Bi2O3) with different bismuth oxide weight factors were investigated theoretically using EpiXS and a Monte Carlo simulation-based toolkit and Geant4 within an energy range between 0.1 and 2 MeV. The wide energy ranges of gamma rays and neutrons were chosen to cover as many applications as possible. The attenuation coefficients were then used to compute the half-value layers. The effective atomic numbers and effective electron densities of the studied samples obtained by EpiXS were compared as well. In order to further evaluate the shielding effectiveness of the studied samples, the thicknesses of all the investigated samples equivalent to 0.5 mm lead at a gamma energy of 511 keV were compared using a Geant4 code simulating a female numerical phantom with a gamma source placed facing the chest and a cylinder-shaped shield wrapped around the trunk area. The fast neutron removal cross sections of the investigated samples were studied to evaluate the effect of the weight factor of nanocomposites on the neutron shielding capabilities of the polymer as well.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20794991
Volume :
12
Issue :
20
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nanomaterials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bd4b647e36f4de6aa79d91022c0993f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203577