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Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays

Radiation hazard has inevitably become a global threat due to the widespread use of radiation technology in industrial manufacturing and medicine. As in medicine, the workers are in danger of being exposed to high-penetrating gamma-rays during the treatment of cancerous tumours. Hence, developing su...

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Main Authors:	Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana, Muhammad Arif, Sazali, Ripin, Azuhar, Mohd. Ali, Nur Syazwani, Muhammad Syahir, Sarkawi, Khairulnadzmi, Jamaluddin
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Published:	2022
Subjects:	QD Chemistry
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99338/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ICONE29-91854
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spelling	my.utm.993382023-02-22T08:25:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99338/ Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana Muhammad Arif, Sazali Ripin, Azuhar Mohd. Ali, Nur Syazwani Muhammad Syahir, Sarkawi Khairulnadzmi, Jamaluddin QD Chemistry Radiation hazard has inevitably become a global threat due to the widespread use of radiation technology in industrial manufacturing and medicine. As in medicine, the workers are in danger of being exposed to high-penetrating gamma-rays during the treatment of cancerous tumours. Hence, developing such an excellent shielding material from the polymer is vital since it can be used broadly, is low cost, and is non-poisonous to nature. This study aimed to observe the effect of additive content such as bismuth on shielding performance. To test the hypothesis that high-density material leads to higher radiation shielding performance, fabricated bismuth-low-density polyethylene (LDPE) composites that have been processed via internal melt-mixing and compression-moulding processes were labelled with LDPE-100, Bi-5, and Bi-10 containing 0, 5, and 10 wt.% of bismuth content with a thickness of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 cm respectively. Throughout the experiment, a photon from a gamma source of 241Am and 133Ba with an energy range of 59 keV and 356 keV were captured by a solid-state detector to calculate the count rate in count per second (cps). The fundamental shielding parameter such as mass attenuation coefficient, half-value thickness, tenth-value thickness, and mean free path was also computed using Phy-X software to evaluate the radiation shielding effectiveness. The results showed that Bi-10 polymer composites with 10% wt. of bismuth filler had MAC, HVL, TVL, and MFP values of 1.159 cm2/g, 0.554 cm, 1.838 cm, and 0.798 cm, respectively, and may be used as an effective shielding material for gamma radiation with an energy of 59 keV compared to 356 keV. 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana and Muhammad Arif, Sazali and Ripin, Azuhar and Mohd. Ali, Nur Syazwani and Muhammad Syahir, Sarkawi and Khairulnadzmi, Jamaluddin (2022) Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays. In: 2022 29th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2022, 8 August 2022 - 12 August 2022, Virtual, Online. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ICONE29-91854
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spellingShingle	QD Chemistry Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana Muhammad Arif, Sazali Ripin, Azuhar Mohd. Ali, Nur Syazwani Muhammad Syahir, Sarkawi Khairulnadzmi, Jamaluddin Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
description	Radiation hazard has inevitably become a global threat due to the widespread use of radiation technology in industrial manufacturing and medicine. As in medicine, the workers are in danger of being exposed to high-penetrating gamma-rays during the treatment of cancerous tumours. Hence, developing such an excellent shielding material from the polymer is vital since it can be used broadly, is low cost, and is non-poisonous to nature. This study aimed to observe the effect of additive content such as bismuth on shielding performance. To test the hypothesis that high-density material leads to higher radiation shielding performance, fabricated bismuth-low-density polyethylene (LDPE) composites that have been processed via internal melt-mixing and compression-moulding processes were labelled with LDPE-100, Bi-5, and Bi-10 containing 0, 5, and 10 wt.% of bismuth content with a thickness of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 cm respectively. Throughout the experiment, a photon from a gamma source of 241Am and 133Ba with an energy range of 59 keV and 356 keV were captured by a solid-state detector to calculate the count rate in count per second (cps). The fundamental shielding parameter such as mass attenuation coefficient, half-value thickness, tenth-value thickness, and mean free path was also computed using Phy-X software to evaluate the radiation shielding effectiveness. The results showed that Bi-10 polymer composites with 10% wt. of bismuth filler had MAC, HVL, TVL, and MFP values of 1.159 cm2/g, 0.554 cm, 1.838 cm, and 0.798 cm, respectively, and may be used as an effective shielding material for gamma radiation with an energy of 59 keV compared to 356 keV.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana Muhammad Arif, Sazali Ripin, Azuhar Mohd. Ali, Nur Syazwani Muhammad Syahir, Sarkawi Khairulnadzmi, Jamaluddin
author_facet	Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana Muhammad Arif, Sazali Ripin, Azuhar Mohd. Ali, Nur Syazwani Muhammad Syahir, Sarkawi Khairulnadzmi, Jamaluddin
author_sort	Abd. Rahman, Nur Shafriena Farhana
title	Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
title_short	Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
title_full	Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
title_fullStr	Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
title_full_unstemmed	Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
title_sort	determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays
publishDate	2022
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99338/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ICONE29-91854
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Determination of radiation shielding properties of low-density polyethylene reinforced with bismuth against gamma-rays

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