TY - JOUR

T1 - Experimental investigation of the annealing temperature impacts on the physical, morphological, and gamma-ray attenuation properties of clay-based bricks

AU - Mahmoud, K.

AU - Kapustin, F.

AU - Shironina, A.

AU - Cholakh, S.

AU - Voronin, I.

AU - Abdel-Azeem, M.

AU - Ismail, A.

AU - Mira, H.

AU - Tashlykov, O.

N1 - The research funding from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Federal University Program of Development within the Priority-2030 Program) is gratefully acknowledged: Grant number FEUZ-2022-0031.

PY - 2024/10/1

Y1 - 2024/10/1

N2 - A series of bricks were fabricated and fired under different annealing temperatures extended between 400 °C and 800 °C. The role of annealing temperature on the fabricated bricks' characterization, physical, and γ-ray protection properties was examined experimentally. The current study showed an increase in the fabricated bricks' porosity from 11.66 % to 17.54 % associated with a reduction in the fabricated bricks' density from 1.30 g/cm3 to 1.23 g/cm3 with increasing the annealing temperature between 400 °C and 800 °C, respectively. The morphology examination proved by the Scanning electron microscope shows a decrease in the crystallinity phase associated with an increase in the glassy phase by raising the annealing temperature over 650 °C. Additionally, the experimental examination for the linear attenuation coefficient showed a reduction in the fabricated bricks’ linear attenuation coefficient values by ≈ 11.5 % at gamma-ray energies of 0.662 MeV and 1.252 MeV when the annealing temperature increased from 400 °C to 800 °C, respectively. The reduction in the linear attenuation coefficient is accompanied by an increase in the half-value thickness and lead equivalent thickness while it is accompanied by a reduction in the radiation protection efficiency of the fabricated bricks.

AB - A series of bricks were fabricated and fired under different annealing temperatures extended between 400 °C and 800 °C. The role of annealing temperature on the fabricated bricks' characterization, physical, and γ-ray protection properties was examined experimentally. The current study showed an increase in the fabricated bricks' porosity from 11.66 % to 17.54 % associated with a reduction in the fabricated bricks' density from 1.30 g/cm3 to 1.23 g/cm3 with increasing the annealing temperature between 400 °C and 800 °C, respectively. The morphology examination proved by the Scanning electron microscope shows a decrease in the crystallinity phase associated with an increase in the glassy phase by raising the annealing temperature over 650 °C. Additionally, the experimental examination for the linear attenuation coefficient showed a reduction in the fabricated bricks’ linear attenuation coefficient values by ≈ 11.5 % at gamma-ray energies of 0.662 MeV and 1.252 MeV when the annealing temperature increased from 400 °C to 800 °C, respectively. The reduction in the linear attenuation coefficient is accompanied by an increase in the half-value thickness and lead equivalent thickness while it is accompanied by a reduction in the radiation protection efficiency of the fabricated bricks.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2024.111932

DO - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2024.111932

M3 - Article

VL - 223

SP - 111932

JO - Radiation Physics and Chemistry

JF - Radiation Physics and Chemistry

SN - 0969-806X

ER -