Issue 30, 2023, Issue in Progress

Recycled high-density polyethylene plastic reinforced with ilmenite as a sustainable radiation shielding material

Abstract

In this work, recycled high-density polyethylene plastic (r-HDPE) reinforced with ilmenite mineral (Ilm) in different ratios (0, 15, 30, and 45 wt%) as a sustainable and flexible radiation shielding material was manufactured using the melt blending method. XRD patterns and FTIR spectra demonstrated that the polymer composite sheets were successfully developed. The morphology and elemental composition were addressed using SEM images and EDX spectra. Moreover, the mechanical characteristics of the prepared sheets were also studied. The gamma-ray attenuation characteristics for established r-HDPE + x% Ilm composite sheets were theoretically computed between 0.015 and 15 MeV using Phy-X/PSD software. Also, the mass attenuation coefficients have been compared to their values by the WinXCOM program. It is also shown that the shielding performance of the r-HDPE + 45% Ilm composite sheet is significantly greater than that of r-HDPE. As a result, the ilmenite-incorporated recycled high-density polyethylene sheets are suited for medical and industrial radiation shielding applications.

Graphical abstract: Recycled high-density polyethylene plastic reinforced with ilmenite as a sustainable radiation shielding material

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jun 2023
Accepted
05 Jul 2023
First published
10 Jul 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2023,13, 20698-20708

Recycled high-density polyethylene plastic reinforced with ilmenite as a sustainable radiation shielding material

M. I. A. Abdel Maksoud, S. M. Kassem, A. H. Ashour and A. S. Awed, RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 20698 DOI: 10.1039/D3RA03757F

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