Nuclear Engineering and Technology

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  • Pages.4671-4678
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  • 2022
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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Towards a better understanding of detection properties of different types of plastic scintillator crystals using physical detector and MCNPX code

  • Ayberk Yilmaz (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University) ;
  • Hatice Yilmaz Alan (Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Ankara University) ;
  • Lidya Amon Susam (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University) ;
  • Baki Akkus (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University) ;
  • Ghada ALMisned (Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University) ;
  • Taha Batuhan Ilhan (Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics, Control and Automation Engineering Department) ;
  • H.O. Tekin (Department of Medical Diagnostic Imaging, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah)
  • 투고 : 2022.04.24
  • 심사 : 2022.07.31
  • 발행 : 2022.12.25
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The purpose of this comprehensive research is to observe the impact of scintillator crystal type on entire detection process. For this aim, MCNPX (version 2.6.0) is used for designing of a physical plastic scintillation detector available in our laboratory. The modelled detector structure is validated using previous studies in the literature. Next, different types of plastic scintillation crystals were assessed in the same geometry. Several fundamental detector properties are determined for six different plastic scintillation crystals. Additionally, the deposited energy quantities were computed using the MCNPX code. Although six scintillation crystals have comparable compositions, the findings clearly indicate that the crystal composed of PVT 80% + PPO 20% has superior counting and detecting characteristics when compared to the other crystals investigated. Moreover, it is observed that the highest deposited energy amount, which is a result of the highest collision number in the crystal volume, corresponds to a PVT 80% + PPO 20% crystal. Despite the fact that plastic detector crystals have similar chemical structures, this study found that performing advanced Monte Carlo simulations on the detection discrepancies within the structures can aid in the development of the most effective spectroscopy procedures by ensuring maximum efficiency prior to and during use.

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Authors express their sincere gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project Number (PNURSP2022R149), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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