Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1876619 | Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The mass attenuation coefficients of the 59.54 keV radiation of 241Am point source in boron ores such as tincal, ulexite and colemanite were determined experimentally by a scintillation detector and theoretically. Since boron ores contain boron, hydrogen, and a lot of elements, they may be used as shielding against neutrons and gammas simultaneously, e.g. for shielding 241Am/Be neutron sources, as they emit both gammas and neutrons.
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Authors
Faruk Demir,