ArticleScientific reports2025
Novel approach to enhance the efficiency of mortar against radiations by co-incorporation of lead and boron compounds with calcium chloride.
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Fabrication of heavy density mortar using aggregates reinforced with available solid inorganic chemical additives is of a great importance as a protective layer to mitigate radiations in nuclear facilities. The effect of lead oxide and borax decahydrate on the hydration kinetics was evaluated by determining setting time, leachability and compressive strength. To speed up the reaction, 0.5% calcium chloride was added to all formulations, and then the results were compared to their blank counterparts. Once, the optimal compositions were explored, another batch of mortar were designed to increase efficiency against radioactive sources with different photon energies. After 28 days, bulk density, linear attenuation coefficient, half-value layer, tenth-value layer, and mean-free path in the field of
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