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Article

Novel Cu/Zn Reinforced Polymer Composites: Experimental Characterization for Radiation Protection Efficiency (RPE) and Shielding Properties for Alpha, Proton, Neutron, and Gamma Radiations

by
Ghada ALMisned
1,
F. Akman
2,3,
Waheed S. AbuShanab
4,
Huseyin O. Tekin
5,6,*,
Mustata R. Kaçal
7,
Shams A. M. Issa
8,9,
Hasan Polat
10,
Meral Oltulu
11,
Antoaneta Ene
12,* and
Hesham M. H. Zakaly
9,13,*
1
Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
2
Program of Occupational Health and Safety, Department of Property Protection and Security, Vocational School of Social Sciences, Bingöl University, Bingöl 12000, Turkey
3
Central Laboratory Application and Research Center, Bingöl University, Bingöl 12000, Turkey
4
Marine Engineering Department, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Marine Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
5
Medical Diagnostic Imaging Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
6
Medical Radiation Research Center (USMERA), Uskudar University, Istanbul 34672, Turkey
7
Department of Physics, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Giresun University, Giresun 28100, Turkey
8
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 47512, Saudi Arabia
9
Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71452, Egypt
10
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Bingöl University, Bingö 12000, Turkey
11
Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey
12
INPOLDE Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Physics and Environment, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania
13
Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
 
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Polymers 2021, 13(18), 3157; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183157
Submission received: 16 July 2021 / Revised: 5 September 2021 / Accepted: 14 September 2021 / Published: 17 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites)
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Abstract

In this study, brass (Cu/Zn) reinforced polymer composites with different proportions of brass powders were fabricated. Different types of nuclear shielding parameters such as mass and linear attenuation coefficients, radiation protection efficiency, half and tenth value layers, and effective atomic number values were determined experimentally and theoretically in the energy range of 0.060–1.408 MeV in terms of gamma-ray shielding capabilities of fabricated polymer composites. A high Purity Germanium detector (HPGe) in conjunction with a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) and twenty-two characteristic gamma-ray energies have been used in the experimental phase. In addition, the exposure and energy absorption buildup factors of reinforced Cu/Zn composites were calculated, and relative dose distribution values were computed to verify them. Proton mass stopping power (ΨP), proton projected range (ΦP), alpha mass stopping power (ΨA), and alpha projected range (ΦA) parameters, which indicate the interactions of the produced composites with charged particle radiation, were investigated. Fast neutron removal cross-section (ΣR) results were determined to give an idea in terms of neutron shielding. According to the obtained results, it is reported that the CuZn20 coded sample’s ability to attenuate gamma-ray and charged particle radiation is more efficient than that of other prepared composites. A CuZn05 coded sample was found to be more suitable for neutron shielding capability.
Keywords: brass composite; gamma-ray; charged particle; neutron; radiation shielding brass composite; gamma-ray; charged particle; neutron; radiation shielding

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ALMisned, G.; Akman, F.; AbuShanab, W.S.; Tekin, H.O.; Kaçal, M.R.; Issa, S.A.M.; Polat, H.; Oltulu, M.; Ene, A.; Zakaly, H.M.H. Novel Cu/Zn Reinforced Polymer Composites: Experimental Characterization for Radiation Protection Efficiency (RPE) and Shielding Properties for Alpha, Proton, Neutron, and Gamma Radiations. Polymers 2021, 13, 3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183157

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ALMisned G, Akman F, AbuShanab WS, Tekin HO, Kaçal MR, Issa SAM, Polat H, Oltulu M, Ene A, Zakaly HMH. Novel Cu/Zn Reinforced Polymer Composites: Experimental Characterization for Radiation Protection Efficiency (RPE) and Shielding Properties for Alpha, Proton, Neutron, and Gamma Radiations. Polymers. 2021; 13(18):3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183157

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ALMisned, Ghada, F. Akman, Waheed S. AbuShanab, Huseyin O. Tekin, Mustata R. Kaçal, Shams A. M. Issa, Hasan Polat, Meral Oltulu, Antoaneta Ene, and Hesham M. H. Zakaly. 2021. "Novel Cu/Zn Reinforced Polymer Composites: Experimental Characterization for Radiation Protection Efficiency (RPE) and Shielding Properties for Alpha, Proton, Neutron, and Gamma Radiations" Polymers 13, no. 18: 3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183157

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ALMisned, G., Akman, F., AbuShanab, W. S., Tekin, H. O., Kaçal, M. R., Issa, S. A. M., Polat, H., Oltulu, M., Ene, A., & Zakaly, H. M. H. (2021). Novel Cu/Zn Reinforced Polymer Composites: Experimental Characterization for Radiation Protection Efficiency (RPE) and Shielding Properties for Alpha, Proton, Neutron, and Gamma Radiations. Polymers, 13(18), 3157. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183157

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