| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 583, 2024
Innovative Technologies for Environmental Science and Energetics (ITESE-2024)
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| Article Number | 04012 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Microwave, Laser, RF, UV and Solar Radiations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202458304012 | |
| Published online | 25 October 2024 | |
Gamma-ray shielding parameters analysis for some polymers using Phy-X/PSD and WinXCom
1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Education for Women, University of Kufa, Iraq
2 College of Science, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq
* Corresponding author: ruaas.alhasnawy@student.uokufa.edu.iq
In this paper, the characteristics of gamma-ray attenuation of various polymers like PTFE, PMMA, POM and PA-6 were measured using the Phy-X/PSD program and the XCOM program for different sources of gamma radiation like 22Na, 55Fe, 60Co, 109Cd, 131I, 133Ba, 137Cs, 152Eu, and 241Am in the energy range (5.89*10-3 - 2.51 MeV). The linear attenuation coefficient and the effective atomic number for a particular polymer were both decreased as the energy of the photons increased. PTFE (C2F4 ) has the greatest μ and Zeff, as well as the lowest HVL,TVL and MFP, thus, PTFE (C2F4) is most effective in shielding gamma rays than other polymers under study.
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