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Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics

The purpose of this research is to identify the radiation shielding capability of ceramics adding CuO, CdO, and Bi(2)O(3) with diverse wt (%). The chemical compositions of the raw ceramics were documented through Energy Dispersive X-ray “EDX” techniques. For aesthetic appeal and solidification, CuO...

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Autores principales: Al-Ghamdi, Hanan, Elsafi, Mohamed, Almuqrin, Aljawhara H., Yasmin, Sabina, Sayyed, M. I.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9369564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35955243
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15155310
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author Al-Ghamdi, Hanan
Elsafi, Mohamed
Almuqrin, Aljawhara H.
Yasmin, Sabina
Sayyed, M. I.
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Almuqrin, Aljawhara H.
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description The purpose of this research is to identify the radiation shielding capability of ceramics adding CuO, CdO, and Bi(2)O(3) with diverse wt (%). The chemical compositions of the raw ceramics were documented through Energy Dispersive X-ray “EDX” techniques. For aesthetic appeal and solidification, CuO has been chosen to be added to ceramic. Moreover, in the interest of increasing the radiation shielding ability, the high atomic number and density of both CdO and Bi(2)O(3) were suggested for the raw ceramics. To obtain the morphological features of the prepared ceramic samples, a Scanning Electron Microscope, or SEM, was utilized. To verify the experimental results, the MCA value obtained from the Phy-X software was compared to the experimental value collected from the HPGe detector. At energies 0.06 MeV, 0.662 MeV, 1.173 MeV, and 1.333 MeV the linear and mass attenuation coefficients of the prepared ceramics have been measured using a high purity germanium “HPGe” detector as well as three different point sources. Moreover, the relationship between ln(I) and the thickness of the ceramics has been presented here, and the comparison between the LAC of the prepared ceramics with other materials has also been displayed. Bentonite ceramic containing CuO (15 mol %)-CdO (15 mol %)-Bi(2)O(3) (20 mol %) with density 3.6 showed the lowest HVL, MFP, and TVL at all studied energies, yet pure Bentonite ceramic containing only CuO (50 mol %), having density 3.4, presented the greatest values. Hence, it can be concluded that the addition of CdO and Bi(2)O(3) enhances the radiation shielding ability.
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spelling pubmed-93695642022-08-12 Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics Al-Ghamdi, Hanan Elsafi, Mohamed Almuqrin, Aljawhara H. Yasmin, Sabina Sayyed, M. I. Materials (Basel) Article The purpose of this research is to identify the radiation shielding capability of ceramics adding CuO, CdO, and Bi(2)O(3) with diverse wt (%). The chemical compositions of the raw ceramics were documented through Energy Dispersive X-ray “EDX” techniques. For aesthetic appeal and solidification, CuO has been chosen to be added to ceramic. Moreover, in the interest of increasing the radiation shielding ability, the high atomic number and density of both CdO and Bi(2)O(3) were suggested for the raw ceramics. To obtain the morphological features of the prepared ceramic samples, a Scanning Electron Microscope, or SEM, was utilized. To verify the experimental results, the MCA value obtained from the Phy-X software was compared to the experimental value collected from the HPGe detector. At energies 0.06 MeV, 0.662 MeV, 1.173 MeV, and 1.333 MeV the linear and mass attenuation coefficients of the prepared ceramics have been measured using a high purity germanium “HPGe” detector as well as three different point sources. Moreover, the relationship between ln(I) and the thickness of the ceramics has been presented here, and the comparison between the LAC of the prepared ceramics with other materials has also been displayed. Bentonite ceramic containing CuO (15 mol %)-CdO (15 mol %)-Bi(2)O(3) (20 mol %) with density 3.6 showed the lowest HVL, MFP, and TVL at all studied energies, yet pure Bentonite ceramic containing only CuO (50 mol %), having density 3.4, presented the greatest values. Hence, it can be concluded that the addition of CdO and Bi(2)O(3) enhances the radiation shielding ability. MDPI 2022-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9369564/ /pubmed/35955243 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15155310 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Al-Ghamdi, Hanan
Elsafi, Mohamed
Almuqrin, Aljawhara H.
Yasmin, Sabina
Sayyed, M. I.
Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics
title Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics
title_full Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics
title_fullStr Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics
title_short Investigation of the Gamma-ray Shielding Performance of CuO-CdO-Bi(2)O(3) Bentonite Ceramics
title_sort investigation of the gamma-ray shielding performance of cuo-cdo-bi(2)o(3) bentonite ceramics
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9369564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35955243
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15155310
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