Shabnam Amin, S. A. Alavi, H. Yousefnia, H. Aghayan
{"title":"RSM-based Investigation of Cesium Removal from Aqueous Media with Nanocomposites Prepared by Spherical Mesoporous Silica and Potassium Metal Hexacyanoferrate","authors":"Shabnam Amin, S. A. Alavi, H. Yousefnia, H. Aghayan","doi":"10.24200/nst.2023.0624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/nst.2023.0624","url":null,"abstract":"P.O.Box","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129440220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of the Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithm to Separate Middle Components in Multicomponent Mixtures","authors":"M. Imani, M. Aghaei","doi":"10.24200/jon.2023.0620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2023.0620","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the optimization of a system of square cascades for separating the middle components of xenon. It also presents the optimal use of square cascades in this system. As an example, the separation of 130 Xe, an element whose middle isotope is much more complex than any of the other isotopes of xenon, is provided. The Grey Wolf Algorithm is applied for optimization. and the parameters of cascade feed flow rate, cut off the cascade, feed location, feed flow of gas centrifuges (GC), and the cut of the first stage are optimized in such a way that the maximum recovery of the target isotope and the maximum cascade capacity are achieved. Based on the optimization results, the more steps the cascade has, the fewer separation steps are needed for the nine selected cascades with 180 GCs. As a result, both the recovery factor and the amount of product increase.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116738734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Estimation of Corn yield losses arising from water shortage by measuring thermalized neutrons","authors":"J. Pirvali Beiranvand, M. Ghamghami, S. Teimouri","doi":"10.24200/jon.2023.0625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2023.0625","url":null,"abstract":"Droughts are one of the most significant factors disrupting crop growth and development. This study applied a nuclear technique based on thermalized neutrons to estimate maize yield losses arising from water shortages. The biomass consists of water and light hydrogen (1H), which slows down fast neutrons. Hence, thermalized neutrons can be a helpful proxy to determine crop losses. An experiment was conducted with four treatments related to various levels of water stress in three replications. At the end of the maize growing season,, wet weight of the samples was measured, and then the samples were put around an access tube of the Hydro-probe Neutron Meter to count thermalized neutrons. Thereafter, the samples were then transferred to the oven to measure dry weight and in turn, biomass water equivalent (BWE). Findings showed that the average values of the thermalized neutron count ratio were positively and negatively correlated with BWE and damage (%), respectively. The regression models estimating crop losses were cross-validated based on the leave-one-out technique. An absolute mean error equal to 15% and R 2 greater than 0.6 indicate somewhat satisfactory performance of the models. This study was a breakthrough in the feasibility of applying these instruments. Further studies are recommended for practical applications.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"29 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125692231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Irradiation Induced Defect Clusterization for Zr-1%Nb Alloy Using Atomistic Simulation","authors":"M. Basaadat, M. Payami, S. Sheykhi","doi":"10.24200/jon.2023.0621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2023.0621","url":null,"abstract":"Nuclear-grade zirconium alloys' properties are very similar to those of pure zirconium (Zr) because in most cases they contain more than 95% of Zr atoms. They have extensive applications in the nuclear industry, especially in fuel cladding. In this work, for the atomic simulations, we have used an ADP model interatomic potential. The calculated lattice properties of Zr-1%Nb show a very good agreement with experiments. Investigation of the possibility of a di-vacancy formation showed that it is possible only for the first and second nearest neighbor positions. It shows that at zero pressure, the Nb atoms in the alloy tend to join and create Nb clusters. However, under external pressure, the Nb clusters become less stable, tending to decay into smaller ones.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123315086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of feed flow effect using CFD-DSMC method in a gas centrifuge","authors":"V. Ghazanfari, M. Shademan, F. Mansourzadeh","doi":"10.24200/jon.2022.1027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2022.1027","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the effect of the rarefied region in the centrifuge rotor was investigated. In a centrifuge rotor, the feed inlet is positioned in the rarefied area. The continuum hypothesis is not valid in the rarefied area; therefore, it desires to be analyzed by probabilistic methods like Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC). The present study uses the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) method to simulate the continuum area, and the DSMC method is employed in the rarefied area. An implicit coupled density-based scheme was performed for the CFD method, and Variable Hard Sphere (VHS) and diffuse models were employed in the DSMC method. Also, the local Knudsen number was defined to determine the interface location between the continuum-rarefied regions (r=0.086 m). The comparison results of pure CFD and CFD-DSMC methods illustrated large differences between the flow properties in the rarefied regions. The results showed that the value of separation power obtained from pure CFD and CFD-DSMC solution is 10.5% different.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124277523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calculation of magnetic moments of Λ-hypernuclei c , o and ca","authors":"M. Farhadi, A. Armat, S. M. Moosavi Nejad","doi":"10.24200/jon.2022.1030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2022.1030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115770353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Abdollahi Ghahi, M. Nohekhan, F. Rezazadeh Azari, B. Rezaei Fard, M. Bakhtiari Ramezani, N. Beigmohammadi, S. Z. Aghamiri, M. Abdollahi Dargah
{"title":"Degradation of Basic Red 46 dye from color wastewater using cold atmospheric plasma","authors":"N. Abdollahi Ghahi, M. Nohekhan, F. Rezazadeh Azari, B. Rezaei Fard, M. Bakhtiari Ramezani, N. Beigmohammadi, S. Z. Aghamiri, M. Abdollahi Dargah","doi":"10.24200/jon.2022.1029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2022.1029","url":null,"abstract":"Contamination of groundwater with colored and toxic wastewater causes many environmental problems and adversely affects human health. In this study, Basic Red 46, the decolorization of textile dye, Basic Red 46, was studied using advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in a non-thermal plasma reactor. The reactor uses a high voltage AC power source and airflow based on pin-to-water high-voltage corona discharge. The rate of the dye removal for 100 ml of this solution was investigated. The results showed that the corona discharge exhibited 85 % degradation efficiency for 50 mg/l of basic Red 46 within 30 min of treatment time.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131729397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Rahemi, M. Mohammadi, M. H. َAzimi, M. Amiripari, M. Nori
{"title":"Genetic diversity in gladiolus by using gamma rays","authors":"M. Rahemi, M. Mohammadi, M. H. َAzimi, M. Amiripari, M. Nori","doi":"10.24200/jon.2022.1031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2022.1031","url":null,"abstract":"This investigation was carried out to determine the effects of gamma radiation on germination characteristics of gladiolus corms. This experiment was conducted through a factorial design in a randomized complete block with three replications. Two factors included cultivars of gladiolus (Red Advance, White Prosperity, Amsterdam, and Rose Supreme) and doses of gamma radiation (0, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, and 75 Gy). However, the results showed that corm weight, size, and the number of daughter corms decreased with increasing radiation doses in contrast to a low dose of (15 Gy) High doses of gamma irradiation (75 Gy) showed lethal effects on various vegetative traits. The low yield at high doses can be due to the reduced vegetative growth due to gamma treatments. The results of this study suggest a dose of 40-65 Gy as the optimal dose to improve the vegetative traits of gladiolus.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121834298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Λ-core model for studying the binding energies of Λ-hypernuclei under pseudo-spin symmetry using the Hellmann potential","authors":"M. Mirzaei Nia, M. Shojaei","doi":"10.24200/jon.2022.1026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2022.1026","url":null,"abstract":"We have studied the binding energies of a group of single Λ-hypernuclei in a relativistic approach and modeled the single Λ-hypernuclei as a Λ-core binary system. Since the Hellmann potential is ideal for defining nucleon-core interaction and the single Λ-hypernuclei can be assumed as a single nucleon coupled to the whole nuclei but does not suffer from Pauli blocking, we have selected this potential for interaction between the Λ particle and the core. The time-independent Dirac equation is a reasonable option for defining the relativistic bound states corresponding to a spin-1/2 Λ hyperon in the hypernuclei. We solved this equation by using the Hellmann potential under the presence of pseudo-spin symmetry in terms of the generalized parametric Nikiforov-Uvarov method, a way to make the application of the Nikiforov-Uvarov method as plain as possible. Our results were in good agreement with experimental values and other theoretical works. Hence, this model applies to the Λ-hypernuclei.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123235356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Akbari Nasaji, A. Nasiri, A. Esmaeli, M. Amirhamzeh Tafreshi, S. Fazelpour
{"title":"Experimental study of the effect of circuit inductance on pinch-time in plasma focus MTPF2.5 KJ .","authors":"M. Akbari Nasaji, A. Nasiri, A. Esmaeli, M. Amirhamzeh Tafreshi, S. Fazelpour","doi":"10.24200/jon.2022.1028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24200/jon.2022.1028","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the effect of circuit inductance on the pinch-time of plasma focus. The dense plasma focus is a plasma discharge powered by a capacitor bank. The Mather type Dense Plasma Focus is constructed in cylindrical geometry and is made up of coaxial anodes and cathodes with varying radiuses. An insulator sleeve separates the electrodes, and the cathode rode forms circles around the anode tube. Different parameters, such as geometry and structure of the anode bar and decreasing inductance, are involved in optimizing plasma focus. One way to increase the gain and optimization of pulsed plasma systems is to reduce the circuit's inductance. For this purpose, we investigate the effect of different values of total circuit inductance on pinch formation time. Experimental and simulation results are compared. The proposed system shows a decent functionality that if the inductance reduces, the system's efficiency will increase.","PeriodicalId":324615,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125626920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}