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    Evaluation of CdS doped polyester composites regarding gamma and neutron shielding properties
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2021) Dilsiz, Kamuran; Ogul, Hasan; Akman, Ferdi; Agar, Osman; Kacal, Mustafa Recep; Polat, Hasan; Dursun, Inan
    In this study, CdS doped polyester composites were produced at different weight ratios, and the impact of dopant amount on gamma and neutron shielding characteristics of a new composite material were further evaluated: the composite matrix was doped at 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% CdS weight ratios of the prepared composite. Then, the produced polyester materials have been characterized using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. Following the structure characterization, the prepared composites were tested using one gamma spectrometer system based HPGe detector with help of Na-22, Mn-54, Co-57, Co-60, Ba-133, Cs-137, Eu-152 and Am-241 radioactive point-isotropic sources in order to perform the evaluation in a wide energy range of gamma. The obtained results were compared to the results of Geant4 and WinXCOM simulation codes. On the last step of the presented work, the neutron removal cross sections of produced polyester composites were calculated using partial density of elements and their cross sections, and then, neutron shielding characteristics of the prepared samples were determined with help of Geant4 simulation toolkit. Both tested and simulated results of gamma shielding evaluation showed good agreement, and, for all considered photon energies, mass attenuation coefficient (mu/p) values of CdS (20%) were always found to be greater than the mu/p values of other samples (5%, 10%, 15%). The results for neutron shielding showed that neutron transmission was decreasing with the increase of CdS in the material. In short, having higher mu/p values and lower neutron transmission shows that increasing the amount of CdS in the sample causes the higher radiation shielding property for both gamma and neutron.
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    Gamma radiation shielding performance of CuxAg(1-x)-yalloys: Experimental, theoretical and simulation results
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2022) Turhan, Mehmet Fatih; Akman, Ferdi; Taser, Ahmet; Dilsiz, Kamuran; Ogul, Hasan; Kacal, Mustafa Recep; Agar, Osman
    Different types of photon shielding parameters such as total mass attenuation coefficient (mu/p), linear attenuation coefficients (mu), half value layers (HVL), mean free paths (MFP), effective atomic numbers (Z(Eff)), energy absorption build-up factors (EABF), exposure build-up factors (EBF) and kerma relative to air were investigated for the fabricated Cu-Ag based alloys. The considered parameters were measured through gamma spectrometer equipped with HPGe detector in order to obtain the experimental attenuation coefficients and other related parameters at various photon energy in the energy range 59.5-1332.5 keV. The measured mu/rho values were confirmed with WinXCOM database results. FLUKA and GEANT4 simulation codes were used to examine the compatibility of the experimental and WinXCOM database results with these simulation codes. The exposure buildup factors of the alloy samples were estimated with help of Geometric Progression fitting formula over photon energy 0.015-15 MeV up to 40 mfp penetration depth. The results revealed that the exhibited effectiveness of Cu0.2Ag0.8 alloys against high energetic photon radiations had a good performance than that of alternative absorbers such conventional concretes, glasses and some alloys. The results of the present survey can be quite useful for possible applications of such materials, especially in nuclear laboratory and reactor core design for preference of effective photon shielding materials.