PMID- 36143729
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220928
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 18
DP  - 2022 Sep 15
TI  - Morphological and Gamma-Ray Attenuation Properties of High-Density Polyethylene 
      Containing Bismuth Oxide.
LID - 10.3390/ma15186410 [doi]
LID - 6410
AB  - For extensive radiation exposure, inventing a novel radiation shielding material 
      is a burning issue at present for the purpose of life saving. Considering this 
      thought, in this study, by adding sundry amounts of Bi(2)O(3) into pure 
      high-density polyethylene (HDPE), six HDPE systems were prepared to evaluate the 
      radiation shielding efficiency. These HDPE systems were HDPEBi-0 (pure HDPE), 
      HDPEBi-10 (10 wt% Bi(2)O(3)), HDPEBi-20 (20 wt% Bi(2)O(3-)), HDPEBi-30 (30 wt% 
      Bi(2)O(3)), HDPEBi-40 (40 wt% Bi(2)O(3)), and HDPEBi-50 (50 wt% Bi(2)O(3)). The 
      values of the linear attenuation coefficients of the experimental results 
      (calculated in the lab using HPGe) were compared with the theoretical results 
      (obtained using Phy-X software) at 0.060, 0.662, 1.173, and 1.333 MeV energies. 
      To ensure the accurateness of the experimental results, this comparison was made. 
      It was crystal clear that for energy values from 0.06 MeV to 1.333 MeV, all the 
      experimental values were in line with Phy-X software data, which demonstrated the 
      research setup's reliability. Here, the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), and 
      mean free path (MFP) shielding parameters were assessed. At the energy of 1.333 
      MeV, sample HDPEBi-0 showed an HVL value 1.7 times greater than that of 
      HDPEBi-50, yet it was 23 times greater at 0.0595 MeV. That means that for proper 
      radiation protection, very-low-energy HDPE systems containing 10-50% Bi(2)O(3) 
      could be used; however, the thickness of the HDPE system must be increased 
      according to the energy of incident radiation.
FAU - Almuqrin, Aljawhara H
AU  - Almuqrin AH
AD  - Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman 
      University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Elsafi, Mohamed
AU  - Elsafi M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8576-9561
AD  - Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21511, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Yasmin, Sabina
AU  - Yasmin S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2731-243X
AD  - Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, 
      Chattogram 4349, Bangladesh.
FAU - Sayyed, M I
AU  - Sayyed MI
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3040-8878
AD  - Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman 11622, Jordan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220915
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC9505765
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bi2O3
OT  - HDPE
OT  - effective atomic number
OT  - novel radiation shielding material
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/09/24 06:00
MHDA- 2022/09/24 06:01
PMCR- 2022/09/15
CRDT- 2022/09/23 01:31
PHST- 2022/07/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/09/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/09/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/09/23 01:31 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/09/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/09/24 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma15186410 [pii]
AID - materials-15-06410 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma15186410 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2022 Sep 15;15(18):6410. doi: 10.3390/ma15186410.