Strength and Properties Determination of Boric Acid and Borax Decahydrate for Radiation Shielding Efficiency of Bio Caulk Incorporated High Performance Concrete HPC

Abstract

Boron is a naturally occurring element having the ability to form different compounds newlinereacting with wide range of other elements. Boric acid (BA) and Borax decahydrate (BD) newlineare few important compounds with significant applications. Most important properties of newlineboron materials is radiation attenuation. Boron compounds when added to concretes has the newlineability to increase the neutron attenuation co-efficient and from the time it is added and act newlineas a suppressor of secondary-capture gamma rays newline