Artigo de peri??dico
Evaluation of a metal-organic composite (tungsten-lignin) for attenuation of gamma radiation
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1516-1439
22
S1
10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2019-0045
0000-0002-8304-9939
0000-0002-6461-6766
22.134
51.50
Autor
SOUZA, ARMANDO C. de
CIONE, FRANCISCO C.
SILVA, ALINE C. da
GOUVEA, ADRIANA de F.G.
MACHADO, NOE G.P.
RAELE, MARCUS P.
ROSSI, JESUALDO L.
Resumen
The objective of this work was to use tungsten and lignin as precursors to obtain a metal-organic
composite tungsten-lignin (W-Lig) using different sintering temperatures. Tungsten is a refractory metal
and it was selected for the composite since it is widely used for high-energy radiation shielding as it
has an excellent absorption cross section for thermal neutrons. Lignin extracted from lignocelluloses
biomass and it was selected to be the organic precursor for the composite due to its multiple applications.
Analysis of the composite was performed after sintering processes, using a 3D optical surface profiler
and measurement of the gamma radiation attenuation coefficient using cobalt source (Co-60). Metalorganic
composites in ratios of W2.5%Lig and W5%Lig (in mass % of lignin) were used. The gradient
of the attenuation coefficient differed when standard tungsten and the composites of W2.5%Lig and
W5%Lig were compared. Therefore, the attenuation coefficient between unobstructed free radiation and
the W5%Lig 90 ??C composite showed a gradient of about 43% in the two characteristic Co-60 energy
peaks, with a sample thickness of 0.679 cm the calculated linear attenuation coefficient was 0.832 cm-1.