A novel shielding material prepared from solid waste containing lead for gamma ray

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 917-922

  Erdem, Mehmet ^a   Baykara, Oktay ^a   Doĝru, Mahmut ^b   Kuluöztürk, Fatih ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BITLIS EREN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gamma ray; Lead; Metallurgical waste; Shielding material

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CODES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN BEING; METALLURGICAL WASTE; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SHIELDING MATERIAL; SHIELDING MATERIALS; TOTAL MASS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC ARCS; GAMMA RAYS; METALLURGY; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOLID WASTES; STARS;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

BARIUM; BARIUM 133; CADMIUM 109; CEMENT; CESIUM 137; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; LEAD; MANGANESE 54; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 77953357705     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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