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Radiation shielding features for various tellurium-based alloys: a comparative study

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We investigate the radiation shielding properties for four Te-based alloys. X-ray diffraction patterns revealed pure phases in all studied samples; however, a secondary phase is detected in the CrTe sample in good agreement with the literature. All samples’ densities were measured using the Archimedes principle. The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) was calculated using Geant4 MC Toolkit and then compared with the XCOM data. Many photon-shielding properties were computed for all investigated samples based on the MAC. The Phy-X and SRIM were used to determine the fast neutron removal cross-section (ΣR) and projected range, respectively. As a result, PbTe shows superior shielding features compared to the rest of the investigated samples to use this sample in different shielding applications.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    M. H. A. Mhareb

  2. Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    M. H. A. Mhareb

  3. Physics Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Mostafa Zeama & R. M. Hamad

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21511, Egypt

    Mohamed Elsafi

  5. Medical Imaging Department, Applied Medical Sciences Faculty, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza City, Palestine

    Y. S. Alajerami

  6. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman, Jordan

    M. I. Sayyed

  7. Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    M. I. Sayyed

  8. Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Gameel Saleh

  9. Department of Basic Sciences, School of Social and Basics Sciences, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman, Jordan

    M. Kh. Hamad

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Mhareb, M.H.A., Zeama, M., Elsafi, M. et al. Radiation shielding features for various tellurium-based alloys: a comparative study. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 26798–26811 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07057-0

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