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Concretes Containing Hematite for Use as Shielding Barriers

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dc.creator GENÇEL, OSMAN
dc.creator Brostow, Witold
dc.creator Filiz, Mumin
dc.creator Ozel, Cengiz
dc.date 2009-12-31T22:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T09:50:09Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T09:50:09Z
dc.identifier 4cfe023f-b545-4e3f-b7f1-aa7c4b13cadc
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/4cfe023f-b545-4e3f-b7f1-aa7c4b13cadc/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/59593
dc.description Heavyweight concrete is widely used for radiation shielding of nuclear reactors and other structures that require radiation impermeability. Aggregates play here an important role - while hematite and other iron ores are commonly used for the purpose. However, little information on properties of hematite-containing concrete other than radiation shielding data has been reported. We have studied effects of different concentrations of hematite (10 to 50 volume % at 10 % intervals) on physical and mechanical properties of concrete. A unique water-to-cement ratio of 0.42 kg/m(3) and 400 kg/m(3) cement content was selected. Addition of hematite increases the unit weight (density) so that a smaller thickness of concrete is required to provide radiation shielding. After 30 freeze-thaw cycles the plain concrete looses 21.3 % of its compressive strength while the composite containing 10 % hematite looses only 7.8 % of the strength. Concrete and hematite composites have lower drying shrinkage than plain concrete, thus lowering stresses resulting from the shrinkage.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Concretes Containing Hematite for Use as Shielding Barriers
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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