Research Article

Comparison of Lead, Copper and Aluminium as Gamma Radiation Shielding Material through Experimental Measurements and Simulation Using MCNP Version 4c

  • Md. Akhlak Bin Aziz
    The University of Manchester, Department of Nuclear Science and Technology School of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
  • Md. Faisal Rahman
    Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka–1000, Bangladesh
  • Md. Mahidul Haque Prodhan
    Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka–1000, Bangladesh
doi https://doi.org/10.15520/ijcrr/2018/9/08/584 Published August 23, 2018 Issue Vol. 9 No. 08 (2018) Section Engineering and Computer Science Pages 20193-20206
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Abstract

The paper compares  Lead, Copper and Aluminium as gamma radiation shielding material using both experimental and simulation techniques. Cs- 137 (662KeV), Na-22 (511KeV) and Na- 22(1274KeV) were used as gamma radiation sources and a sodium iodide (NaI) detector was used to detect the radiation. Variations were noted for detected gamma count rates by changing shielding material thickness. In the experimental approach, thickness was varied by placing sheets of a particular test material one by one. For simulation, Monte Carlo n- Particle (MCNP) code version 4c was used and the geometry of the whole experimental setup was plotted in it. The results were then compared for each test material and it was found that lead is the best shielding material for gamma radiation followed by copper and aluminium.

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Md. Akhlak Bin Aziz, Md. Faisal Rahman, Md. Mahidul Haque Prodhan . (2018). Comparison of Lead, Copper and Aluminium as Gamma Radiation Shielding Material through Experimental Measurements and Simulation Using MCNP Version 4c. International Journal of Contemporary Research and Review , Vol. 9 No. 08 (2018) , 20193-20206 . https://doi.org/10.15520/ijcrr/2018/9/08/584