Determination of Mass Attenuation Coefficients of High Strength Lightweight Concrete Which Producing Using Raw Perlite Aggregate

The development of technology increases the environmental pollution and radiological effects. In the presentwork, the radiation effects were determined experimentally, in the high strength lightweight concreteaccording to water /cement ratio. Also, the mass attenuation coefficients of the high strength lightweightconcrete samples which producing with perlite aggregate were determined. The measurements wereperformed using a high-purity germanium detector. Ten different gamma rays energies were used. It isobserved that the mass attenuation coefficients of the concrete samples are decreasing with the increasingphoton energies. The concrete obtained with perlite aggregate can be used for protect from the radiation.