Recent trends in advanced radiation shielding concrete for construction of facilities: materials and properties

MAH Abdullah, RSM Rashid, M Amran, F Hejazii… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nuclear energy offers a wide range of applications, which include power generation, X-ray
imaging, and non-destructive tests, in many economic sectors. However, such applications …

[PDF][PDF] A review on neutron shielding performance of nanocomposite materials

E Mansouri, A Mesbahi, R Malekzadeh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - sid.ir
Neutron sources employed in different applications in both medicine and industry. Due to
the harmful effects of neutron particles on living organisms, radiation shields have played a …

The direct effect of Er2O3 on bismuth barium telluro borate glasses for nuclear security applications

HO Tekin, SAM Issa, E Kavaz… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This study aimed to investigate the nuclear radiation shielding performance of 20TeO 2-(30–
x) B 2 O 3− 30BaO+ 20Bi 2 O 3− xEr 2 O 3 glass system. The MCNPX code (version 2.6. 0) …

A comprehensive study on the effect of water to cement ratio on the mechanical and radiation shielding properties of heavyweight concrete

O Lotfi-Omran, A Sadrmomtazi, IM Nikbin - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, due to application of nuclear technology and the issue of protection against
nuclear radiations with harmful environmental impacts such as gamma rays, heavyweight …

Newly developed tellurium oxide glasses for nuclear shielding applications: an extended investigation

HO Tekin, LRP Kassab, O Kilicoglu… - Journal of Non …, 2020 - Elsevier
Newly developed glasses were produced using different compositions as follows (in
wt.%):(85TeO 2-15ZnO, 85.00 TeO 2-12.95 ZnO-2.05 Al 2 O 3, 85.40 TeO 2–3.20 PbO-6.97 …

Shielding properties of the ordinary concrete loaded with micro-and nano-particles against neutron and gamma radiations

A Mesbahi, H Ghiasi - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2018 - Elsevier
The shielding properties of ordinary concrete doped with some micro and nano scaled
materials were studied in the current study. Narrow beam geometry was simulated using …

Bioactive glasses and direct effect of increased K2O additive for nuclear shielding performance: a comparative investigation

O Kilicoglu, HO Tekin - Ceramics international, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to provide a large-scale investigation on direct effect of K 2 O additive
nuclear radiation shielding properties of calcium phosphate based bioactive quaternary P 2 …

Newly developed Zinc-Tellurite glass system: an experimental investigation on impact of Ta2O5 on nuclear radiation shielding ability

E Kavaz, HO Tekin, G Kilic, G Susoy - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the nuclear shielding properties of newly fabricated Zinc-Tellurite glasses
doped with Ta 2 O 5 with a composition (25ZnO. 75TeO 2) 100-x.(Ta 2 O 5) x (x= 0, 1, 2, 3 …

Radiation shielding properties of concrete with electric arc furnace slag aggregates and steel shots

M Maslehuddin, AA Naqvi, M Ibrahim… - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Heavyweight concrete, prepared with a mixture of concrete and heavyweight aggregates or
metallic components, is generally used for radiation shielding purposes. In the present study …

Effect of elevated temperature on the mechanical properties and microstructure of heavy-weight magnetite concrete with steel fibers

C Thomas, J Rico, P Tamayo, F Ballester… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the results of the physical and mechanical characterization of a high-density
structural concrete for radiation shielding subjected to different intensities of thermal shock …