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Green synthesis of Lead-Nickel-Copper nanocomposite for radiation shielding

  • B.M. Chandrika (Department of Physics, Government College for Women) ;
  • Holaly Chandrashekara Shastry Manjunatha (Department of Physics, Government College for Women) ;
  • R. Munirathnam (Department of Physics, Government College for Women) ;
  • K.N. Sridhar (Department of Physics, Government First Grade College) ;
  • L. Seenappa (Department of Physics, Government College for Women) ;
  • S. Manjunatha (Department of Chemistry, B.M.S. College of Engineering) ;
  • A.J. Clement Lourduraj (Department of Physics, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Affiliated To Bharathidasan University)
  • Received : 2023.06.14
  • Accepted : 2023.08.26
  • Published : 2023.12.25
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Abstract

For the first time Pb, Ni, and Cu nanocomposites were synthesized by versatile solution combustion synthesis using Aloevera extract as a reducing agent, to study the potential applications in X-ray/gamma, neutron, and Bremsstrahlung shielding. The synthesized Lead-Nickel-Copper (LNC) nanocomposites were characterized by PXRD, SEM, UV-VIS, and FTIR for the confirmation of successful synthesis. PXRD analysis confirmed the formation of multiphase LNC NCs and the Scherrer equation and the W-H plot gave the average crystal sizes of 19 nm and 17 nm. Surface morphology using SEM and EDX confirmed the presence of LNC NCs. Strong absorption peaks were analyzed by UV visible spectroscopy and the direct energy gap is found to be 3.083 eV. Functional groups present in the LNC NCs were analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy. X-ray/gamma radiation shielding properties were measured using NaI(Tl) detector coupled with MCA. It is found to be very close to Pb. Neutron shielding parameters were compared with traditional shielding materials and found LNC NCs are better than lead and concrete. Secondary radiation shielding known as Bremsstrahlung shielding characteristics also studied and found that LNC NCs are best in secondary radiation shielding. Hence LNC NCs find shielding applications in ionizing radiation such as X-ray/gamma and neutron radiation.

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