An investigation of some ionizing radiation interaction parameters with selected composition alloys

The present work examined γ-ray and neutron shielding capabilities of substances, including CS(516), SS(403), SS(410), SS(316), SS(316L), SS(304L), Incoloy-(600), Monel-(400), and Cupero_Nickel. Via the calculation of Half Value Layer (HVL), Effective atomic number (Z_eff), Mean free path (MFP), Effective conductivity (C_eff), transmission factor (TF) and the dose rate (Dr). Fast neutron removal cross-section ∑_R and total macroscopic cross-section ∑_t, the association involving mean excitation energies of electrons and sample density, some charged ions variety at different energies, stopping power (SP) and CSDA range (R) of electrons and Transmission coefficient for several materials at varying incoming gamma ray energy. The efficiency of the alloys as gamma shields was examined using software (Phy_X/PSD and Py_MLBUF), while SRIM Monte Carlo software was used to calculate the range of charged ions at chosen energies between 0.01 and 20 MeV. At 0.025 eV and 4 MeV, the thermal and fast neutron removal factors were calculated using the NGCal software. The alloys fast neutron removal cross section was computed using the partial density method. Gamma ray shielding was found to be optimal with cupro_nickel. In the energy range of 0.02–15 MeV for neutrons, SS–316 was discovered to be the best shielding material. The current research should be helpful for choosing appropriate materials for γ-ray and neutron shielding in various industries as well as for probable uses of these materials in nuclear reactor core design.