Plastic materials as a radiation shield for β- Sources: A comparative study through Monte Carlo calculation

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-250

  Amato, E ^a   Lizio, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION PROPERTIES; BREMSSTRAHLUNG RADIATION; BREMSSTRAHLUNG X-RAYS; CODE VALIDATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NYLON-6; PLASTIC MATERIALS; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

PLASTICS;

POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SHIELD; BETA RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BETA RAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLASTICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 70349328042     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/29/2/010     Document Type: Article

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