| Summary: | The study evaluate the suitability of ceramics for radiation shielding in terms of their characteristic and shielding properties. The usual wall construction for diagnostic imaging rooms consists of a certain thickness of concrete, bricks, barium plaster and lead. However, lead is harmful to health, in the long term. Alternatively, ceramics are a more sustainable source of radiation shielding compared to lead. This study is focus on examining twelve (12) different types of ceramic samples labelled as c1-s1 to c12-s11. Each ceramic sample were examined using field emission scanning electron microscopy (fesem), energy dispersive x-ray (edx) and x-ray fluorescence (xrf) analysis to assess the characteristics of the ceramic structures, including topography, morphology, elemental content, and percentage. An experimental setup to determined the radiation shielding properties was performed for all the ceramic samples. Among all the ceramic sample, c3-s3, c5-s9 and c8-s4 were selected for varification and simulation using particle and heavy ion transport code system (phits) software.
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