Radiation-shielding properties of titanium dioxide-added composites

Choudhary M. D., AKKURT İ., Almisned G., Tekin H. O.

Emerging Materials Research, vol.11, no.3, pp.319-324, 2022 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1680/jemmr.22.00054
  • Journal Name: Emerging Materials Research
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.319-324
  • Keywords: composite materials, gamma-ray attenuation, hydroxyapatite composite, modeling composite structures, TiO2
  • Süleyman Demirel University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2022 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved.In radiation protection physics, development of alternative shielding materials to lead and lead-based materials is very popular nowadays, and thus, the present work aims to study the radiation-shielding parameters of a newly developed titanium dioxide (TiO2)-added hydroxyapatite composite material. The gamma-ray-shielding parameters were given in terms of the linear attenuation coefficient, half-value length, effective atomic number (Z eff) and effective electron density (N eff) for four different composites. The variations of these parameters with the titanium dioxide rate were also investigated.