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Calculation of the Shielding Parameters of Some Natural Minerals |
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PP: 133-138 |
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Yassin A. Abdel-Razek,
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Abstract |
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| WinXCOM was employed to calculate the mass attenuation coefficient of the natural minerals; magnetite, rutile and ilmenite for the photons of energies 0.05-3 MeV. The apparent similarity in chemical composition and close densities of the studied minerals resulted in close values of the shielding parameters of them. A wall of thickness 15cm from any of the studied minerals reduces the annual effective external dose received by the workers around the piles of monazite mineral below the recommended limit. |
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