Determination of gamma ray attenuation coefficients of Al-4% Cu/B 4 C metal matrix composites at 662, 1173 and 1332 keV

AKKURT İ., GÜNOĞLU K., ÇALIK A., KARAKAŞ M. S.

Bulletin of Materials Science, vol.37, no.5, pp.1175-1179, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12034-014-0059-5
  • Journal Name: Bulletin of Materials Science
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1175-1179
  • Keywords: Gamma ray attenuation coefficient, Gamma spectrometer, Metal matrix composite, XCOM
  • Isparta University of Applied Sciences Affiliated: No

Abstract

Gamma ray attenuation coefficients of metal matrix composites have been investigated. For this purpose, the linear attenuation coefficients of composites containing boron carbide (B 4 C) at different rates have been measured using a gamma spectrometer that contains a NaI(Tl) detector and MCA at 662, 1173 and 1332 keV, which are obtained from 137 Cs and 60 Co sources. The measured results were compared with the calculation obtained using computer code of XCOM for 1 keV-1 GeV gamma energies. © 2014 Indian Academy of Sciences.