A comparative Study Between Fluka and Microshield Modeling Calculations to study the Radiation‐Shielding of Nanoparticles and Plastic Waste composites

A comparative study has been conducted by using Monte Carlo FLUKA code and Microshieldsoftware programs to study the radiation shielding properties of plastic waste mixed with nano copper oxide (CuO) and phosphotungstic acid (PTA). The variousdiverse percentages of new nanocomposite have been prepar...

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Published inZeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (1950) Vol. 647; no. 10; pp. 1083 - 1090
Main Authors El‐Taher, Atef, Zakaly, Hesham M. H., Pyshkina, Mariia, Allam, Elhassan A., El‐Sharkawy, Rehab M., Mahmoud, Mohamed E., Abdel‐Rahman, Mohamed A. E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 26.05.2021
Subjects
Atomic properties
Attenuation coefficients
Comparative studies
Copper oxides
FLUKA code
Gamma rays
Gravimetric analysis
Infrared analysis
Infrared spectrophotometers
nanocomposite
Nanocomposites
Nanoparticles
Pressure molding
Radiation
Radiation shielding
radiation shielding design
TGA, XRD
Thermal analysis
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Summary:A comparative study has been conducted by using Monte Carlo FLUKA code and Microshieldsoftware programs to study the radiation shielding properties of plastic waste mixed with nano copper oxide (CuO) and phosphotungstic acid (PTA). The variousdiverse percentages of new nanocomposite have been prepared using the compression moulding technique, then they are characterized using Fourier transfer infrared spectrophotometer (FT‐IR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), X‐ray diffraction (XRD). The new nanocomposite has been established as a effective shielding material towards gamma radiation due to the presence of dense materials, like nano copper oxide and phosphotungstic acid. The gamma radiation attenuation has been established by using the previously mentioned methods. The results have proved that the mass attenuation coefficients (μm) and effective atomic (Zeff), and electron densities (Nel) of the samples increased with increasing the phosphotungstic acid (PTA) content while the half‐value layer (HVL), the tenth value layer (TVL), and the mean free path (MFP) decreased as PTA increased.
ISSN:0044-2313
1521-3749
DOI:10.1002/zaac.202100062