Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Fen ve Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.21, ss.1022-1026, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
Solder alloys are significant for many applications. In addition to the physical electrical and magnetic
properties of solders, it is of great importance to determine the shielding properties of the materials in
order to prevent the harmful effects of radiation on human health if they are used in systems containing
radiation. In this study, the shielding properties of some low temperature solder alloys were
investigated. The alloy samples were tested by the gamma-ray emitted from 241Am radioactive source
59.5 keV energy settled into HpGe detector. The highest mass attenuation coefficient and the lowest
HVL and MFP values were determined for studied samples. The results showed that SDO-4 with the
lowest shielding parameters, it is much more suitable for the radiation shielding among the studied
sample.