Evaluation the gamma, charged particle and fast neutron shielding performances of some important AISI-coded stainless steels: Part II
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2020
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Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
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Özet
This is the second part of a two-part study on the investigation of radiation shielding performances of some important AISI-coded stainless steels (AISI-302, 304, 321 and 430). Part 1 addressed experimental evaluation by means of measured photon-material interaction parameters. In this second part, we focused on the calculation and discussion of other interaction parameters, which are a guide to choice optimum shielding materials in the nuclear processes for the present AISI-coded stainless steels. The present stainless steels have superior mechanical properties, high temperature and corrosion resistances and these properties can make them favorite materials for nuclear applications. For this reason, firstly, the incoherent scattering/total attenuation ratio (R-inc/total) and equivalent atomic number (Z(eq)) were calculated in the energy region of 0.015-15 MeV. Secondly, the exposure build-up factor (EBF) and energy absorption build-up factor (EABF) were determined to select steels by using Geometric Progression (G-P) fitting method, which have five parameters (a, b, c, d and X-k coefficients), up to penetration depth of 40 MFP at energy 0.015-15 MeV. Thirdly, the mass stopping powers (MSPs; dE/rho dx ; MeVcm(2)/g) and ranges (R-e, R-p and R alpha; mu m) for electron, proton and alpha particle interactions were calculated at energy 10 keV-20 MeV. Finally, the fast neutron removal cross-sections (FNRCSs; Sigma R; cm(-1)) were calculated. To be able to make comparison and a satisfying assessment about radiation shielding capabilities of present AISI-coded steels, all parameters were also computed for ordinary (OC), steel-scrap (SS) and steel-magnetite (SM) concretes (Fe-based steel concretes) that are most commonly used as a shielding material in many nuclear applications. The shielding capabilities of the present stainless steels against both gamma and the fast neutron and charged particle radiation were evaluated in the light of the calculated parameters. As a result of the mutual evaluation of the results obtained for the shielding concretes and the examined stainless steels, it was found that present stainless steels had excellent shielding properties compared to shielding concretes in terms of both photon radiation and particle radiation.
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Mass stopping power, Range, Build-up factor, Fast neutron removal cross-section, Stainless steels
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Radiation Physics and Chemistry
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