Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings
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 atten...
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| author | Yesmin, S. Sonker Barua, B. Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin Tareque Chowdhury, M. Kamal, M. Rashid, M.A. Miah, M.M.H. Bradley, D.A. |
| author_facet | Yesmin, S. Sonker Barua, B. Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin Tareque Chowdhury, M. Kamal, M. Rashid, M.A. Miah, M.M.H. Bradley, D.A. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | um.eprints-189342019-03-18T08:47:11Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/18934/ Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings Yesmin, S. Sonker Barua, B. Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin Tareque Chowdhury, M. Kamal, M. Rashid, M.A. Miah, M.M.H. Bradley, D.A. Q Science (General) QC Physics 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. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed Yesmin, S. and Sonker Barua, B. and Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin and Tareque Chowdhury, M. and Kamal, M. and Rashid, M.A. and Miah, M.M.H. and Bradley, D.A. (2017) Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 140. pp. 98-102. ISSN 0969-806X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.11.017 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.11.017>. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.11.017 doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.11.017 |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) QC Physics Yesmin, S. Sonker Barua, B. Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin Tareque Chowdhury, M. Kamal, M. Rashid, M.A. Miah, M.M.H. Bradley, D.A. Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings |
| title | Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings |
| title_full | Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings |
| title_short | Investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in Bangladeshi dwellings |
| title_sort | investigation of ionizing radiation shielding effectiveness of decorative building materials used in bangladeshi dwellings |
| topic | Q Science (General) QC Physics |
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