Reusing of waste glass doped with both agricultural wastes and mining wastes as radiation shielding materials: Computational and experimental study

Abstract

The objective of the study is to reuse the waste materials obtained by our daily routines at homes, food industries or mine industry and to determine the radiation shielding abilities of the produced materials based on the wastes. In this context, four groups of waste samples including both waste glass, agricultural wastes and mine wastes (tea waste, egg shell waste, peanut shell waste, tincal waste, Bayburt stone waste and green clay) were produced by mixing in different ratios. Also, the effect of Ta and W addition to the wastes on the protection ability was examined. The Phy-X/PSD code was performed to calculate the radiation protection parameters. In addition, spectroscopic results were provided based on XRD, EPR and SEM-EDS spectroscopic techniques. It is observed that there is a relation between the amount of tantalum and tungsten and the radiation protection capacities of the samples. It can be also noted that neutron shielding abilities are same as photon shielding. One may conclude that the novel prepared samples consisting of wastes in order to support reusing and recycling have good protective properties and use of the samples as replacement materials instead of cement, aggregate or concrete can be recommended.