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SHIELDING PROPERTY OF NATURAL BIOMASS AGAINST GAMMA RAYS (Retracted article. See vol. 17, pg. 787, 2015)

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dc.creator Mavi, B.
dc.creator Gurbuz, F.
dc.creator Akkurt, I.
dc.creator Ciftci, H.
dc.date 2014-03-03T22:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T11:00:38Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T11:00:38Z
dc.identifier afbe5534-8d3a-41b4-ae06-775b3e23d5fb
dc.identifier 10.1080/15226514.2013.773276
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/afbe5534-8d3a-41b4-ae06-775b3e23d5fb/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/69406
dc.description Algae and cyanobacteria are capable living under harsh conditions in the natural environments and can develop peculiar survival processes. In order to evaluate radiation shielding properties of green algae; Chlorella vulgaris, Scenedesmus obliquus, and cyanobacteria; Synechococcus sp., Planktothrix limnetica, Microcystis aeruginosa, Arthrospira maxima, Anabaena affinis, Phormidium articulatum, and Pseudoanabaena sp. were cultured in batch systems. Air dried biomass was tested for its high tolerance to gamma-radiations in terms of linear attenuation coefficients. In the present work, the linear and mass attenuation coefficients were measured at photon energies of 1173 and 1332keV. Protection capacity of some biomass was observed to be higher than a 1-cm thick lead standard for comparison. Gamma ray related protection depends not only to thickness but also to density (g/cm(3)). Hence the effect of biomass density also was tested and significantly found the tested biomass absorbed more of the incoming energy on a density basis than lead. This paper discusses the a new approach to environmental protection from gamma ray, The findings suggest that the test samples, especially cyanobacteria, have a potential for reducing gamma ray more significantly than lead and can be used as shielding materials.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title SHIELDING PROPERTY OF NATURAL BIOMASS AGAINST GAMMA RAYS (Retracted article. See vol. 17, pg. 787, 2015)
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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