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A new ultra-light structure based on the application of open-cell metal foams has been designed and investigated to determine its ability for attenuation of gamma-rays and thermal neutrons. Open-cell metal foam, a unique class of material, has been employed in the structure and is studied in this work where radiation attenuation abilities of foams and foams filled with water and borated water have been compared with bulk Aluminum, The gamma-ray attenuation measurements were performed using gamma-ray at 0.662, 1.173 and 1.332 MeV photon energies and thermal neutron attenuation measurements were conducted using a polyenergetic thermal neutron beam. The results show that the metallic foam by itself attenuates less gamma-ray as compared to bulk material, while the mass attenuation coefficients of foams filled with water is higher than that of bulk metals. The thermal neutron experiment, on the other hand, has shown a dramatic attenuation improvement in foams filled with water and particularly with borated water as compared to bulk metal and foam.
- 出版日期2010-4
