Comparison study of photon attenuation characteristics of Lead-Boron Polyethylene by MCNP code, XCOM and experimental data
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lei Zhang; Jia Mingchun; Junjun Gong; Wenming Xia
- Source
- Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids. 172:643-649
- Subject
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiation
Photon
Materials science
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Mean free path
020209 energy
Radiochemistry
Monte Carlo method
chemistry.chemical_element
02 engineering and technology
Polyethylene
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Computational physics
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Attenuation coefficient
0103 physical sciences
Electromagnetic shielding
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
General Materials Science
Mass attenuation coefficient
Boron
- Language
- ISSN
- 1029-4953
1042-0150
The linear attenuation coefficient, mass attenuation coefficient and mean free path of various Lead-Boron Polyethylene (PbBPE) samples which can be used as the photon shielding materials in marine reactor have been simulated using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP)-5 code. The MCNP simulation results are in good agreement with the XCOM values and the reported experimental data for source Cesium-137 and Cobalt-60. Thus, this method based on MCNP can be used to simulate the photon attenuation characteristics of various types of PbBPE materials.