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Evaluation of gamma-ray and neutron attenuation properties of some polymers

  • Kacal, M.R. (Giresun University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Physics) ;
  • Akman, F. (Bingol University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Electronic Communication Technology) ;
  • Sayyed, M.I. (University of Tabuk, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics) ;
  • Akman, F. (Bingol University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences)
  • Received : 2018.11.06
  • Accepted : 2018.11.20
  • Published : 2019.04.25
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Abstract

In the present work, we determined the gamma-ray attenuation characteristics of eight different polymers(Polyamide (Nylon 6) (PA-6), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyvinylidenechloride (PVDC), polyaniline (PANI), polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), polyphenylenesulfide (PPS), polypyrrole (PPy) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)) using transmission geometry utilizing the high resolution HPGe detector and different radioactive sources in the energy range 81-1333 keV. The experimental linear attenuation coefficient values are compared with theoretical data (WinXCOM data). The linear attenuation coefficient of all polymers reduced quickly with the increase in energy, at the beginning, while decrease more slowly in the region from 267 keV to 835 keV. The effective atomic number of PVDC and PTFE are comparatively higher than the $Z_{eff}$ of the remaining polymers, while PA-6 possesses the lowest effective atomic number. The half value layer results showed that PTFE ($C_2F_4$, highest density) is more effective to attenuate the gamma photons. Also, the theoretical results of macroscopic effective removal cross section for fast neutrons ($\sum_{R}$) were computed to investigate the neutron attenuation characteristics. It is found that the $\sum_{R}$ values of the eight investigated polymers are close and ranged from $0.07058cm^{-1}$ for PVDC to $0.11510cm^{-1}$ for PA-6.

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