The shielding of γ-rays by concretes produced with barite

✍ Scribed by I. Akkurt; C. Basyigit; S. Kilincarslan; B. Mavi

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 479 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0149-1970
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2004.09.015

✦ Synopsis

The concretes produced with barite (BaSO4) were studied as shieldingmaterials for γ-radiation. The concretes were prepared with different volumes of barite, and thus each concrete has different density and aggregate. The mass attenuation coefficients have been calculated at photon energies of 1 keV to 100 GeV using XCOM and the obtained results were compared with the measurements at 0.66 and 1.25 MeV. The barite concrete results were also compared with ordinary concretes.