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The present work aims to fabricate new inexpensive epoxy-based composites with a concentration described by the formula (90 - x)epoxy + 10Sb2O3 + xPbO, where x = 5, 10, 15, and 20 wt%. The impacts of the substitution of epoxy by PbO on the composite density and radiation shielding properties of the fabricated composites were studied. The density of the fabricated composites varied between 1.30 and 1.49 g·cm-3, enriching the PbO concentration. Utilizing the narrow beam transmission method, the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) of the fabricated composites was measured using the NaI (Tl) detector as well as radioactive sources Am-241 and Cs-137. The LAC increased by 84% and 18% at gamma-ray energy of 0.059 and 0.662 MeV, when the PbO concentration raised between 5 and 20 wt%, respectively. Then the transmission rate and half-value layer of the fabricated composites were reduced by raising the PbO concentration. Therefore, the fabricated composite has good shielding properties in the low gamma-ray energy interval to be suitable for medical applications and low radioactive waste container constructions.
Язык оригиналаАнглийский
Номер статьи20230019
Журналe-Polymers
Том23
Номер выпуска1
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СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 янв. 2023

    Предметные области WoS

  • Наука о полимерах

    Предметные области ASJC Scopus

  • Химическая технология в целом
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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