Dear Editor-in-Chief

Adrie J.J. Bos

I am submitting a manuscript for consideration of publication in radiation measurements.The

manuscript is entitled “Preparation of Styrene-based Unsaturated Polyester-Tungsten(VI)

oxide composites and Investigation of their Radiation shielding and Thermal

properties” .It has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted

simultaneously for publication elsewhere.

Radiation shielding materials are used in nuclear applications such as nuclear medicine, space

studies, and collimators. The types of radiation are gamma, x-rays, neutrons, protons, pi-

mesons, energetic ions, electrons, and other ionizing radiation. Due to the variety of application

areas of gamma radiation, it is of great importance to look into the shielding materials.

Different materials are used to shielding for each type of radiation. So as to select the

convenient type of protection materials, the type of radiation, its energy and the level of the

reduced dose should be taken into consideration. The main purpose of this study is to prepare

with a commercially available polymer composites high radiation shielding properties and to

investigate its gamma ray absorption efficiency and to compare others. For this purpose,

styrene-based unsaturated polyester composite materials were prepared with tungsten(VI) oxide

in certain percentages (10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%) and the absorption potentials of these

absorber materials were investigated at different gamma ray energies.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

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Yours Sincerely,
Assoc. Prof. Dr Hakan AKAT
Ege Univ. Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry
Bornova 35100, Izmir Turkey
Tel:+90 541 9428203
fax:+90 232 3888264
e-mail: hakan.akat@ege.edu.tr