Investigating Radiation Shielding Properties of Different Mineral Origin Heavyweight Concretes

Journal Article · Mon Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3663119· OSTI ID:21612455

Basyigit, Celalettin; Uysal, Volkan; Kilincarslan, Semsettin; Akkas, Ayse ^[1]; Mavi, Betuel ^[2]; Guenoglu, Kadir; Akkurt, Iskender ^[2]

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1. Department of Construction Education, Technical Education Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta (Turkey)
2. Department of Physics, Science Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta (Turkey)

The radiation although has hazardous effects for human health, developing technologies bring lots of usage fields to radiation like in medicine and nuclear power station buildings. In this case protecting from undesirable radiation is a necessity for human health. Heavyweight concrete is one of the most important materials used in where radiation should be shielded, like those areas. In this study, used heavyweight aggregates of different mineral origin (Limonite, Siderite), in order to prepare different series in concrete mixtures and investigated radiation shielding properties. The experimental results on measuring the radiation shielding, the heavyweight concrete prepared with heavyweight aggregates of different mineral origin show that, are useful radiation absorbents when they used in concrete mixtures.

• OSTI ID: 21612455
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1400, Issue 1; Conference: International congress on advances in applied physics and materials science, Antalya (Turkey), 12-15 May 2011; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3663119; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ABSORBENTS
CONCRETES
LIMONITE
MIXTURES
RADIATION PROTECTION
SHIELDING
SHIELDS
SIDERITE
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CARBONATE MINERALS
DISPERSIONS
IRON ORES
MATERIALS
MINERALS
ORES
OXIDE MINERALS