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<p>Cement composites -- Mechanical properties<br />Mass attenuation coefficients<br />Portland cement<br />Shielding (Radiation)<br />Monte Carlo method</p>
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Attenuation Properties Of Cement Composites: Experimental Measurements And Monte Carlo Calculations, Raul Florez
Attenuation Properties Of Cement Composites: Experimental Measurements And Monte Carlo Calculations, Raul Florez
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"Developing new cement based materials with excellent mechanical and attenuation properties is critically important for both medical and nuclear power industries. Concrete continues to be the primary choice material for the shielding of gamma and neutron radiation in facilities such as nuclear reactors, nuclear waste repositories, spent nuclear fuel pools, heavy particle radiotherapy rooms, particles accelerators, among others. The purpose of this research was to manufacture cement pastes modified with magnetite and samarium oxide and evaluate the feasibility of utilizing them for shielding of gamma and neutron radiation. Two different experiments were conducted to accomplish these goals. In the first …