Calculation of Gamma Shielding Properties for Glass Ceramics using FLUKA

• Published in: Glass physics and chemistry Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 571 - 580
• Main Authors: Kuluöztürk Zehra Nur, Demir, Nilgün, Dal, Murat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Ceramics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Composites; Glass; Materials Science; Natural Materials; Physical Chemistry; Shielding; FLUKA; TMZ glass; glass ceramics
• ISSN: 1087-6596; 1608-313X
• DOI: 10.1134/S108765962106016X

In this paper, gamma radiation shielding properties of same glass ceramics are reported for 356, 662, 1173, and 1330 keV gamma energies. Firstly, the validity of the FLUKA method was determined using the (90– x )TeO 2 - x MoO 3 -10ZnO glass system whose shielding parameters were determined by different analytical methods in the literature. The mass attenuation coefficients (µ m ), half-value layer, and mean free path parameters for the glass ceramic samples were calculated by the FLUKA. When the results obtained with the FLUKA and XCOM database were examined, it was found that glass f 6, which is one of the PbO–Al 2 O 3 –SiO 2 –TiO 2 glass-ceramic samples, had the highest gamma shielding property among the glass ceramics. Additionally, comparisons show that the FLUKA code is an alternative method to analytical methods for determining gamma shielding parameters and it is a tool that can provide preliminary information and comparisons for experimental studies.