A novel method of utilization of hot dip galvanizing slag using the heat waste from itself for protection from radiation

Mengge Dong; Xiangxin Xue; Ashok Kumar; He Yang; M I Sayyed; Shan Liu; Erjun Bu

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.066

A novel method of utilization of hot dip galvanizing slag using the heat waste from itself for protection from radiation

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Feb 15:344:602-614. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.066. Epub 2017 Nov 2.

Authors

Mengge Dong¹, Xiangxin Xue², Ashok Kumar³, He Yang⁴, M I Sayyed⁵, Shan Liu⁴, Erjun Bu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Resource and Environment, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Resources Recycling Science, Shenyang 110819, China. Electronic address: mg_dong@163.com.
² Department of Resource and Environment, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Resources Recycling Science, Shenyang 110819, China. Electronic address: xuexx@mail.neu.edu.cn.
³ Department of Physics, University College, Benra, Dhuri, Punjab, India.
⁴ Department of Resource and Environment, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Resources Recycling Science, Shenyang 110819, China.
⁵ Physics Department, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 29112919
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.066

Abstract

A novel, unconventional, low cost, eco-friendly and effective shielding materials have been made utilizing the hot dip galvanizing slag using the heat waste from itself, thereby saving the natural resources and preventing the environmental pollution. SEM-EDS of shielding materials indicates that the other elements are distributed in Zn element. The mass attenuation properties of shielding materials were measured using a narrow beam geometrical setup at 0.662MeV, 1.17MeV and 1.33MeV. The half value thickness layer, effective atomic number, and electron density were used to analyze the shielding performance of the materials. The EBFs and EABFs for the prepared shielding materials were also studied with incident photon energy for penetration depths upto 40mfp. The shielding effectiveness has been compared with lead, iron, zinc, some standard shielding concretes, different glasses and some alloys. The shielding effectiveness of the prepared samples is almost found comparable to iron, zinc, selected alloys and glasses while better than some standard shielding concretes. In addition, it is also found that the bending strength of all shielding materials is more than 110MPa.

Keywords: Gamma ray; Heat waste; Hot dip galvanizing slag; Shielding effectiveness.