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Investigation of interaction parameters of gamma radiation, neutron and charge particles in selected thermoplastic polymers for radiation protection

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In this study, interaction parameters of gamma-ray, neutron and charge particles in nine selected thermoplastic polymers with densities varied from 0.833 to 1.37 g.cm−3 were theoretically investigated for deployment in special radiation shielding applications. Phy-X/PSD, Py-MLBUF, and EPICOM (EPICS 2017 library) computer programs were deployed for the evaluation of gamma radiations interaction parameters in a wide selected energy range from 0.02 to 15 MeV while the range of H+, He++ ions were computed with SRIM Monte Carlo software at selected energies from 0.01 to 20 MeV, the total stopping power and range values for electrons interactions were deduced with ESTAR NIST program at selected electrons energies from 0.01 to 1000 MeV, the fast neutron removal cross-section (FNRCS) at 4.5 MeV was calculated with Phy-X/PSD software and Macroscopic effective removal cross-section (MRCS) was computed with MRCS software. Thermal and fast neutron removal coefficient were computed with NGCal software at 0.025 eV and 4 MeV. Gamma-ray transmission factor values were calculated for all samples for a range of well-known energies. From results obtained, PES displayed high shielding capability at lower gamma energies (less than 0.5 MeV). CSDA range of H+ and He++ ions increased with decrease in density of samples but increased with projectile energies. PES gave the highest stopping power at higher electron energies and lowest range at higher electron energies. The PEK gave the highest value of FNRCS (0.118 cm−1) and MRC (0.136 cm−1) while PES gave the lowest value of FNRCS (0.088 cm−1) and MRC (0.1012 cm−1). The computed average relative deviations of Phy-X/PSD program with respect to Py–MLBUF and EPICOM programs gave 0.098% and 1.411%, respectively. The study concluded that, composite of PES and PEK is recommended for use in special radiation protection installations and medical radiotherapy where flexibility and other thermochemical properties of these polymers will be of great advantage.

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Abdelmonem, A.M., Echeweozo, E.O. Investigation of interaction parameters of gamma radiation, neutron and charge particles in selected thermoplastic polymers for radiation protection. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 365 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09737-x

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