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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2016.14.4.357

Aggregate Effects on γ-ray Shielding Characteristic and Compressive Strength of Concrete  

Oh, Jeong-Hwan (Jeju National University)
Mun, Young-Bum (Sungshin Cement Co., Ltd.)
Lee, Jae-Hyung (Sungshin Cement Co., Ltd.)
Choi, Hyun-Kook (Sungshin Cement Co., Ltd.)
Choi, Sooseok (Jeju National University)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.14, no.4, 2016 , pp. 357-365 More about this Journal
Abstract
We observed the ${\gamma}-ray$ shielding characteristics and compressive strength of five types of concrete using general aggregates and high-weight aggregates. The aggregates were classified into fine aggregate and coarse aggregate according to the average size. The experimental results obtained an attenuation coefficient of $0.371cm^{-1}$ from a concrete with the oxidizing slag sand (OSS) and oxidizing slag gravel (OSG) for a ${\gamma}-ray$ of $^{137}Cs$, which is improved by 2% compared with a concrete with typical aggregates of sand and gravel. In the unit weight measurement, a concrete prepared by iron ore sand (IOS) and OSG had the highest value of $3,175kg{\cdot}m^{-3}$. Although the unit weight of the concrete with OSS and OSG was $3,052kg{\cdot}m^{-3}$, which was lower than the maximum unit weight condition by $123kg{\cdot}m^{-3}$, its attenuation coefficient was improved by $0.012cm^{-1}$. The results of chemical analysis of aggregates revealed that the magnesium content in oxidizing slag was lower than that in iron ore, while the calcium content was higher. The concrete with oxidizing slag aggregates demonstrated enhanced ${\gamma}-ray$ shielding performance due to a relatively high calcium content compared with the concrete with OSS and OSG in spite of a low unit weight. All sample concretes mixed with high-weight aggregates had higher compressive strength than the concrete with typical sand and gravel. When OSS and IOS were used, the highest compressive strength was 50.2 MPa, which was an improvement by 45% over general concrete, which was achieved after four weeks of curing.
Keywords
High-weight concrete; Aggregate; ${\gamma}-ray$ shielding; Attenuation coefficient; Compressive strength;
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