Title
A comparative Study Between Fluka and Microshield Modeling Calculations to study the Radiation-Shielding of Nanoparticles and Plastic Waste composites
Document Type
Article
Abstract
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.
Publication Date
5-26-2021
Faculty
Faculty of Dentistry
Subject Area
Physical Sciences, General Chemistry
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Indexed in Web Of Science
yes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202100062
Volume
647
Keywords
FLUKA code, nanocomposite, radiation shielding design, TGA, XRD
ISSN
00442313
eISSN
15213749
Recommended Citation
El-Taher, Atef; Zakaly, Hesham M.H.; Pyshkina, Mariia; Allam, Elhassan A.; El-Sharkawy, Rehab M.; Mahmoud, Mohamed E.; and Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed A.E., "A comparative Study Between Fluka and Microshield Modeling Calculations to study the Radiation-Shielding of Nanoparticles and Plastic Waste composites" (2021). Faculty of Dentistry. 105.
https://pks.pua.edu.eg/dentistry_publications/105