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Epoxy-based Light Weight Gamma Ray Shielding Materials


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1 Radiological & Environmental Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 603 102, India
2 Health & Industrial Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 603 102, India
3 Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400094, India

Lightweight epoxy-based X-ray /gamma-ray shielding materials were synthesized by blending epoxy resin with the different weight percent of lead oxide, bismuth oxide, and tungsten oxide powders. The synthesized composites were characterized using FTIR, elemental analyzer, and X-ray radiography for their chemical structure, elemental composition, and filler distribution. The photon interaction parameters such as linear/mass attenuation coefficient, attenuation percentage, and half value layer were determined for all composites at photon energies 59.5, 364, and 661.7 keV. The measured mass attenuation coefficients of epoxy composites matched well with the obtained from XCOM. Moreover, the shielding effectiveness of the composites was analyzed by the half-value layer and heaviness of the composites and was compared with conventional shielding materials (concrete, lead, and steel).
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Shailesh Joshi
Radiological & Environmental Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 603 102, India
Chandrasekaran S
Health & Industrial Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 603 102, India
Vijayalakshmi I
Radiological & Environmental Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 603 102, India
Sivasubramanian K
Radiological & Environmental Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 603 102, India
Jayaraman V
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400094, India

Abstract


Lightweight epoxy-based X-ray /gamma-ray shielding materials were synthesized by blending epoxy resin with the different weight percent of lead oxide, bismuth oxide, and tungsten oxide powders. The synthesized composites were characterized using FTIR, elemental analyzer, and X-ray radiography for their chemical structure, elemental composition, and filler distribution. The photon interaction parameters such as linear/mass attenuation coefficient, attenuation percentage, and half value layer were determined for all composites at photon energies 59.5, 364, and 661.7 keV. The measured mass attenuation coefficients of epoxy composites matched well with the obtained from XCOM. Moreover, the shielding effectiveness of the composites was analyzed by the half-value layer and heaviness of the composites and was compared with conventional shielding materials (concrete, lead, and steel).