Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5499060 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry | 2017 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Following the rapid growing per capita income, a major portion of Bangladeshi dwellers is upgrading their non-brick houses by rod-cement-concrete materials and simultaneously curious to decorate the houses using luxurious marble stones. Present study was undertaken to investigate the gamma-ray attenuation co-efficient of decorative marble materials leading to their suitability as shielding of ionizing radiation. A number of commercial grades decorative marble stones were collected from home and abroad following their large-scale uses. A well-shielded HPGe γ-ray spectrometer combined with associated electronics was used to evaluate the mass attenuation coefficients of the studied materials for high energy photons. Some allied parameters such as half-value layer and radiation protection efficacy of the investigated marbles were calculated. The results showed that among the studied samples, the marble 'Carrara' imported from Italy is suitable to be used as radiation shielding material.
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Authors
Sabina Yesmin, Bijoy Sonker Barua, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Mohammed Tareque Chowdhury, Masud Kamal, M.A. Rashid, M.M.H. Miah, D.A. Bradley,