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. 2023 Oct 26;9(11):e21696.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21696. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Measurement on the neutron and gamma radiation shielding performance of boron-doped titanium alloy Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 via arc melting technique

Celal Kursun  1 , Meng Gao  2 , Seda Guclu  1 , Yasin Gaylan  3 , Khursheed Ahmad Parrey  1 , Ali Orkun Yalcin  1
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Measurement on the neutron and gamma radiation shielding performance of boron-doped titanium alloy Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 via arc melting technique

Celal Kursun et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

The significance of radiation shielding is on the rise due to the expanding areas exposed to radiation emissions. Consequently, there is a critical need to develop metal alloys and composites that exhibit excellent capabilities in absorbing neutron and gamma rays for effective radiation shielding. Low-density Ti-based alloys with controlled structural properties can be used for radiation protection purposes. The present research investigates boron-doped Ti-based alloy, Ti50Cu30Zr15B5, which is synthesized by arc melting technique, and its structural, mechanical properties, neutron, and gamma-ray transmission rate were investigated. Monte Carlo N-Particle simulation (MCNP6.2) code is used for calculating the Thermal (2.53 × 10-8 MeV) and fast (2 MeV) neutron transmission ratio (I/I0) dependent on the sample thickness. The Phy-x program is employed for calculating the gamma-ray LAC, MAC, HVL, TVL, and MFP values. The calculated neutron shielding performance parameters of Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy were compared with materials in the literature. It was found that Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy demonstrated impressive physical characteristics, suggesting that it can serve as a promising alloy for neutron and gamma-ray shielding applications.

Keywords: Boron-doping; Linear attenuation coefficient; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiation shielding; Ti-based alloy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Celal Kursun reports financial support was provided by Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University. Meng Gao reports financial support was provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering. Celal Kursun reports a relationship with Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University that includes: board membership.

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The geometry of the simulation setup.
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XRD analysis of Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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(a) Indicating SEM image of Ti50Cu30Zr15B 5 alloy and (b) Grain size distribution of the sample fitted with a log-normal distribution function.
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EDX analysis of Ti50Cu30Zr15B 5 alloy.
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DTA analysis of Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy Vickers microhardness analysis.
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Thermal neutron transmission rate of Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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The fast neutron transmission rate of Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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Depicts the change of LAC with photon energy for Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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Indicating the variation of mass attenuation coefficient with photon energy for Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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Illustrating the variation of MAC of various compounds and alloys as a function of energy. The data has been reproduced from Refs. [40,41] for comparison.
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Displaying the variation of MFP, HVL, and TVL with energy for Ti50Cu30Zr15B5 alloy.
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